Do you pay federal taxes? (Yes) Do you get federal service? (No) Does your gover...

jenkstom · 2025-02-04T15:51:34 1738684294

U.S. Treasury bills underpin the financial systems of the world, but most especially that of the United States. This is an ELE for the US.

dgfitz · 2025-02-04T16:03:15 1738684995

What exactly is the concern here? Someone is going to rm -rf / on some magical server holding all the t-bills in the world?

This is not a thing that will happen.

drawkward · 2025-02-04T16:07:39 1738685259

You trust these incompetent clowns way more than I do, apparently.

/me points to the "Four Seasons" Press Conference

/me points to Tesla

/me points to X

/me points to any of Trump's business ventures

/me points to Trump's "billionaire" status

dgfitz · 2025-02-04T18:47:38 1738694858

I don't trust anyone, least of all an elected official. Was my actual point not clear to you, and this is why you moved the goalposts of the conversation?

liontwist · 2025-02-04T16:04:02 1738685042

Why do you think treasuries are at risk of not being paid?

spacemanspiff01 · 2025-02-04T22:12:50 1738707170

How about money in the financial system. What would happen if someone makes a mistake, and something causes bond payments to fail?

It is an outside risk, but based on the reporting it seems like they are digging into code of large complex financial systems...

How much do you trust 1 guy to not make _any_ mistakes.

Maybe this is wrong and they are only looking at read only access of the payment system, but it seems sketchy that this is even a risk.