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randombits0
When you owe the bank a million dollars, you have a problem. When you owe the bank 29 billion dollars, the bank has a problem.
Armisael16
Cute, but totally irrelevant. Microsoft has the money and the US government clearly has the ability to get the money.
ionwake
It’s not irrelevant, go get your coffee you’re being rude.
tekla
Completely irrelevant. A bank and the Govt are not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination
vpribish
I think the level of rudeness was carefully calibrated and perfectly appropriate.
rtkwe
The government isn't like a bank they can print their own money and issue nearly infinite debt. $29B is a lot but it's it's a blip in the annual budget of the government. Generals sneeze and spend a billion dollars.