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Monday, May 9, 2016

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less - The New York Times

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less - The New York Times:

"Experts also described Mr. Trump’s proposal as fanciful, saying there was no reason to think America’s creditors would accept anything less than 100 cents on the dollar, regardless of Mr. Trump’s deal-making prowess.

“No one on the other side would pick up the phone if the secretary of the U.S. Treasury tried to make that call,” said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP. “Why should they? They have a contract” requiring payment in full.

Mr. Trump told CNBC that he was concerned about the impact of higher interest rates on the cost of servicing the federal debt."

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