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"Undermining the value of U.S. bonds was an attack not just on the value of investments, but on the nation itself."
by kleinbl00

    The fourth section of the Fourteenth Amendment reads: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.”

    This statement was a response to a very specific threat.