What? Of course they do. For every dollar borrowed, a dollar is lent. U.S. debt is financed through the sale of Treasury bonds, for example. And for each bond s

What? Of course they do. For every dollar borrowed, a dollar is lent. U.S. debt is financed through the sale of Treasury bonds, for example. And for each bond sold there is a real investor on the other end who paid actual money for it.