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Giuliano Giacaglia@giu
4/14/2023

A reminder that if the US doesn’t reduce spending, inflation will be high for the foreseeable future. None of the sources of income are likely to increase significantly so need to reduce spending

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Giuliano Giacaglia@giu
4/15/2023

All these pension funds that are buying long-term bonds are going to be underwater. Also thinking that the US is going to be fine because there are no better ways to save money is nonsense. Numbers don’t lie, foreigners are becoming sellers and not buyers of treasuries

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Aman Dhesi@aman
4/15/2023

Great thread

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Rohit Kulshreshtha@rohit
4/15/2023

They only need to tax 1000 billionaires to make up for the deficit.

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Vinay Vasanji@vinayvasanji
4/15/2023

I dont know why but a $140Bn corporate tax take for the largest and most productive economy in the world seems low

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Giuliano Giacaglia@giu
4/15/2023

If this was in proportion, the deficit should be the biggest item....

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Giuliano Giacaglia@giu
4/27/2023

Now at the proper scale