“Italian authorities seized $6 trillion worth of fake, worthless U.S. Treasury bonds. Pretty good counterfeit job, too. They look just like the genuine, worthless Treasury bonds.” LooksJobsAuthorityGenuineFakeItalianWorthlessTreasuryCounterfeitTreasury Bond Author:Jay Leno
“While the feds ... leave Social Security off their books, the government's obligation to make benefit payments to current and near-term Social Security recipients is certainly no less real than its obligation to pay interest on its Treasury bonds.” BookRealGovernmentSocialTermInterestPayLibertySecurityBenefitsCurrentsLibertarianObligationFedsLibertarianismSocial SecurityPaymentTreasuryTreasury Bond Author:Laurence Kotlikoff
“We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds.” LongLawTermSeaRight NowSafeInvestmentConservativeSignificantTiesLong TermFundRevenueTreasuryPortfoliosPetroleumUs TreasuryTreasury Bond Author:Jose Ramos-Horta
“If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.” IfsWantNeedsStatesGovernmentInterestUnitedUnited StatesSafeCreditSecureTiesTreasuryState GovernmentDepositsUnited States GovernmentTreasury Bond Author:Jim Cooper
“Defaulting on the nation's debt would be cataclysmic. The U.S. Treasury's Aaa rating is the one constant in the world's financial system. When times are bad anywhere on the planet, global investors flock to Treasury bonds because they know they will get their money back.” KnowsWorldWould BeNationsPlanetsConstantFinancialDebtInvestorsFlocksRatingTreasuryFinancial SystemTreasury Bond Author:Mark Zandi