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Treasury dips into pension funds to avoid debt
Reuters ^ | January 17, 2012 | Reuters

Posted on 01/17/2012 6:54:19 PM PST by John W

The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills.

"I will be unable to invest fully" the federal employees retirement system fund beginning Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a letter to Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday on the Obama administration's request to raise the country's legal debt limit to $16.394 trillion.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackrupt; bhofascism; borrow; broke; corruption; debt; democrats; fraud; govtabuse; liberalfascism; nobama2012; nodemocrats2012; obama; pension; pensions; socialistdemocrats; spend; treasury; turbotimmy
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To: NoKoolAidforMe
Does anyone think they will attempt to seize private bank accounts?

The RATS have been eying 401Ks for sometime now. Trillions there - ripe for the plucking. I heard the Feds want to have it thrown into the bankrupt Socialism Security "trust fund" - that way there will be no passing it on to your children.
61 posted on 01/17/2012 9:47:15 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: PAR35

Bingo! Love this one.


62 posted on 01/17/2012 10:01:32 PM PST by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: dagogo redux

Freepers need to remember when the bank or gov is broke, all promises will be broken.


63 posted on 01/17/2012 10:06:45 PM PST by Fee
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To: Fee

“Freepers need to remember when the bank or gov is broke, all promises will be broken.”
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And what trustworthy person is it, exactly, who has made what sacred promise to my benefit, that I should remember this?


64 posted on 01/17/2012 11:31:18 PM PST by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

In 2006 the Federal workforce (latest numbers) were Whites 60.6%, Blacks 15.2%, Hispanics 5.5%, Pacific Islanders 4.7 % and American Indians 1.8%. Hey Hinckley, my better half is from Swanton, just up the road from you.


65 posted on 01/17/2012 11:40:25 PM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: mamelukesabre

Yes you are correct. They will take care of themselves well before us. One thing we can do to keep these idiots from bankrupting America, is to eliminate 100% of pension and medical benefits to all the government criminals once they retire. This should focus on every past and future member of congress and presidents.


66 posted on 01/17/2012 11:45:13 PM PST by NumbersGeek
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To: NoKoolAidforMe
“On a serious note, how far do you think Obama will go with seizing our retirement and cash accounts?

Or is this the stuff of Alex Jones and Gerald Celente?”

Well, FDR confiscated Gold, in exchange for paper dollars. Once the government had the gold, they devalued the currency, hence it took a lot more dollars to equal the same amount of gold.

Had the people been allowed to keep the Gold, they would have been protected against the devaluation. Same thing as stealing to me.

In addition to a flight to safety, the price of Gold is soaring because of the printing of money by the Fed.

Yes, I think they will come after the 401k’s. They will sell the idea as helping the American people who lost so much when the market tanked, and will restore some or all of that loss @ some designated %, if people liquidate and trade it for a Treasury acct. Or some such scheme.

So they get the money and you get the IOU from the Treasury.

67 posted on 01/17/2012 11:52:33 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: elpadre

Duh, they never invested it to start with, the only thing there is another stack of government IOU’s.


68 posted on 01/18/2012 1:30:22 AM PST by org.whodat (What is the difference in Newt's, Perry's and Willard's positions on Amnesty.)
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To: businessprofessor
In many a way, government finance nowadays is like Herman Hesse's Glass Bead Game. I'm pretty sure that everyone who's hip-deep in it secretly knows that the national debt will never be paid off.

The trouble is, it's not like the Glass Bead Game in this crucial respect: the GBG was totally detached from ordinary life, but the government-budget folderol has to meet real life. The government checks have to yield cash.

69 posted on 01/18/2012 2:55:32 AM PST by danielmryan
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To: P8riot
I’ll wager congressional pensions are off limits.

You did notice the article said federal workers now didn't you?

70 posted on 01/18/2012 2:57:54 AM PST by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: PAR35

there are many more NON-union retiring/retired employees that will take the hit


71 posted on 01/18/2012 3:14:58 AM PST by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: MHGinTN

I believe they did this in Hungary just rescently


72 posted on 01/18/2012 3:20:26 AM PST by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: John W

If the GOP does not use this for their own advantage, they are idiots with no hope.

Instead they will allow the Dems to frame the issue. (We need to raise taxes, blah blah blah)

GOP: no balls, no brains.


73 posted on 01/18/2012 4:03:43 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Linda Frances

The sewage metaphor is priceless!!! May I use it elsewhere on the internet?


74 posted on 01/18/2012 4:43:31 AM PST by battletank
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To: stylin19a
Like the use of the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund underway for weeks, the Treasury's use of "G Fund" money postpones any breach of the $15.194 trillion statutory debt limit.

I'm having a problem getting a link for the above citation to work, but I wonder if that's the fund being referenced.

75 posted on 01/18/2012 4:56:54 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: NoKoolAidforMe

I wouldn`t be surprised to see them attempt to sequester private bank accounts, but it won`t happen until Obama`s reelection is locked down.


76 posted on 01/18/2012 4:59:31 AM PST by ScottinVA (Liberal logic: 0bamacare mandate is acceptable... but voter IDs are unconstitutional.)
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To: mewzilla
thanks...good find. Exchange Stabilization Fund
77 posted on 01/18/2012 5:01:34 AM PST by stylin19a (obama - "FREDO" smart)
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To: stylin19a

That was the link! Thank you very much! Is that the fund being referenced, do you think? And if so, what the heck is it?!


78 posted on 01/18/2012 5:04:05 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: mewzilla
From the horse's mouth.....

Exchange Stabilization Fund

79 posted on 01/18/2012 5:05:57 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: NoKoolAidforMe

“Or is this the stuff of Alex Jones and Gerald Celente?”
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“The stuff of Alex Jones and Gerald Celente” is much more closely aligned with reality than most of what is reported on the official propaganda outlets. The government is releasing pure BS on a daily basis. Amazingly, a lot of people are still saying, “It can’t happen in America” about things that ARE happening in America and have been happening for a long, long time.


80 posted on 01/18/2012 5:18:25 AM PST by RipSawyer (This does not end well!)
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