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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 months ago

If the US refuses to honor its treasury bonds, then the promise to repay them means nothing and they lose their value. That would be a different way of crashing the US economy.

No one would let them borrow money anymore, meaning they would no longer be able to afford to pay the interest on the debt they've already accumulated.