Government bonds are the ultimate Ponzi scheme.

You're giving money to an entity that is not profitable, always runs a deficit, and uses other investor funds to pay you back 😂

But they're somehow RISK FREE!

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Nothing is risk free-

But yeah UST are the most desirable financial instrument in the system because they’re considered safest and most liquid. Always a market for them.

Shouldn’t be true based on “facts” but it is, so reality just doesn’t always conform to facts.

sounds like bought 100YR AUSTRIAN bonds 🤣

The true Ponzi is retirement accounts. Plain definition of a pyramid.

They're considered risk free in the nominal sense. You will get back the number of dollars promised.

Generally true unless they selectively default like they did to Russia's bond holdings