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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Up In Smoke" data-source="post: 5411893" data-attributes="member: 79702"><p>Capitalism.  The Treasury sells you an opportunity to share in the country's prosperity by purchasing treasuries.  This is the same way a company sells you stock with the prospect of it being worth more in the future.  If the underlying asset grows in value, the seller and buyer earn positive returns.  No one thinks UPS parted out is worth 150B, but the earnings potential says it is.  There are hundreds of traded companies that lose money yearly, yet people invest because of the chance of future earnings.  Are these companies printing money or allowing outside money to come in and improve their value?</p></blockquote><p></p>