r/CryptoCurrency • u/WineMakerBg Make Wine, Take Profits • Jan 28 '25

GENERAL-NEWS Latest Proposal• US Gov to Buy 200,000 BTC annually for 5 years • Hold for at least 20 years • Goal: Halve the U.S. national debt in 20 years

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u/2peg2city 🟩 129 / 252 🦀 Jan 28 '25

And where TF do they expect to find market liquidity to sell 18t of BTC lmao

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u/Cooper420yo 🟩 101 / 381 🦀 Jan 29 '25

18T won’t be that much once’s the actual inflation numbers catch up. $100k for some bread and milk

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u/EpicNine23 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jan 29 '25

Just start paying social security in bitcoin

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u/drhiggs 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Jan 29 '25

I imagine the debt payoff plan would take many decades.

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u/Poboxjosh 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Jan 29 '25

Minor detail

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

More likely the wallet gets drained by one of them. No need to pay for shit when you can just walk off with 18t in your pocket.

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u/shadowpawn 🟩 169 / 170 🦀 Jan 29 '25

Elon could buy it after all the $$$ he makes running D.O.G.E.