> the difference between private sector debt and federal government debt is the former has to pay it off or face consequences Absolutely not true. There are na

> the difference between private sector debt and federal government debt is the former has to pay it off or face consequences Absolutely not true. There are nation strategy-class companies. Whether or not the companies that have been bailed out are in that class is another matter, but it'd be stupid to think that a company should die just because the unfree market said so. That's certainly not how the Chinese have been playing this game.