Trump is pushing for the Mar-A-Lago Accord, a plan to convert foreign holdings of US debt into 100-year zero-coupon bonds that are banned from trading in the market.
Trump is pushing for the Mar-A-Lago Accord, a plan to convert foreign holdings of US debt into 100-year zero-coupon bonds that are banned from trading in the market.
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They want to put federal land up as collateral for loans. Instead of just issuing debt in the government's name, they want to get lower interest rates by putting up US land as collateral. And when they manage the government right into default, the bankers will take possession of all national parks and federal land. That's what 'monetize' means. It means put up as collateral.
What bank in their right mind is going to take that bet? They'd be gambling that when the government defaults, we wouldn't have some ass-clown in office with a penchant for welching on contracts.
You're looking at it backwards:
They're going to give public lands to themselves and their friends with this mechanism.
$0.9 trillion is nothing compared to a $37 trillion national debt, even ignoring the fact that they just want to transfer our wealth to the rich.
It's not "creating new equity," it's visiting a loan shark and putting your body down as collateral. The national parks are ours, not theirs to do with as they please.