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Comment by creativeSlumber

11 hours ago

If the debt cancels out doesn't this mean that there was no debt ?

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JumpCrisscross  6 hours ago

> If the debt cancels out doesn't this mean that there was no debt ?

No. For the same reason that oxygen being transported into and out of the body doesn't mean there was no oxygen.

msdz  11 hours ago

I’m guessing it doesn’t “cancel out” due to interest.

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