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		gills on Sept 17, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fed takes over AIG And the money to pay back the bonds comes from only one source - taxes. So yeah, we can borrow it now and make the grandkids pay it off.

0x44 on Sept 18, 2008 [–]

No, the money to repay the bonds comes from the sale of future bonds.

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