• meco03211@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    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.

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      2 days ago

      You’re looking at it backwards:

      They’re going to give public lands to themselves and their friends with this mechanism.

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        2 days ago

        This is exactly the plan. Last week the GSA put out a list of 400 federal buildings they wanted to sell, a list that included buildings like the FBI headquarters. They want to sell these building to private owners then make up any shortfalls in space with leases from them.