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CD92: Mandibles with Lionel Shriver

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Is It Ever Going to Come Down?

The idea of just government issued fiat. So 70s. Based on nothing. And, yeah, and people don't realize it's a relatively new phenomenon. It hasn't taken as long as you might expect, i.e. five minutes. But it's still happening. Right? Who thinks the US government is ever going to pay back the 31 and a half trillion dollars that strictly speaking, Leo, is it ever going to come down? No, not with the entitlement situation we've got now. That's never going to happen.

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