# What creative accounting steps is the Treasury taking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creative-accounting-steps-is-the-treasury-taking/645881>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 2, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creative-accounting-steps-is-the-treasury-taking/645881 "2013-01-02T21:09:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creative-accounting-steps-is-the-treasury-taking/645881/1 "2013-01-02T21:09:09Z")

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What exactly is the Treasury doing to keep the US from breaching its debt limit? I see phrases ranging from “creative accounting tricks” to “various measures,” but no details.

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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-creative-accounting-steps-is-the-treasury-taking/645881/2 "2013-01-02T21:18:16Z")

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The things I’ve heard include no longer floating loans to fund local municipal bonds (something called “slugs”) and stopping funding of government retirement plans.