Asclepias
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It's not semantics. The debt is what someone owes. When you buy a "note" from a bank, that is not what the bank owes. It is what is what they are received. There is a massive difference there.It's just semantics. It is a debt and people do buy debt. Whether you want to call that debt a bond, a mortgage, a loan, or an investment is immaterial.Ok. Thank you. So it's not the bank's debt. Therefore, one is not buying "debt". If they were buying debt, they would be paying the person who has the debt. They are buying an investment (in this case a loan expected to be paid back in full plus with interest).It si not debt that bank owes, yes. It is an asset of the bank, not a liability.When a person buys ASS-celpsias's loan from a bank - that is not the banks debt. Agreed? Yes or No? Lets keep this really simple.Um, I gotta chime in here to say he's right. Debt is a two sided coin. One person borrows the money, the other lends it. It becomes a debit to the debtor and a credit to the creditor. But an asset is created that way.
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