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t_co
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States702 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-24 10:47:37
September 24 2008 08:12 GMT
#1
remember, america decides 2008

whether to inflate

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or deleverage

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Edit:

Well with the large amount of mortgage paper that the US owes to foreign investors, it can either print it's way out (like Weimar Germany in the 1920s with the problem of its WW1 reparations) or it can pawn it's way out. My question to all Americans on this forum is... which would you rather have? The Chinese, Japanese, and Saudis owning 3-5 trillion dollars in American assets... or the US dollar inflating by 10-20% per annum?

Edit #2:

Ok basically US owes money, should we pay it back to foreigners by letting them buy us out or print money to pay them back and risk hyperinflation

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"Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, so long as there is money to buy it." --Henry Kravis
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-24 09:04:26
September 24 2008 08:14 GMT
#2
I don't understand what the hell you're trying to say.

Also the second image is shooped so obviously.
LOLOLOLOL
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12816 Posts
September 24 2008 08:16 GMT
#3
CHINA, FUCK YEAH!
Comming again to collect your billion debts yeah!
Life is run, it is dance, it is fast, passionate and BAM!, you dance and sing and booze while you can for now is the time and time is mine. Smile and laugh when still can for now is the time and soon you die!
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20667 Posts
September 24 2008 08:19 GMT
#4
nuke its way out
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
September 24 2008 08:28 GMT
#5
ahhh a thread where it should be

thank you my good man
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
CFDragon
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States304 Posts
September 24 2008 08:30 GMT
#6
We'd have to take out a loan to get the nukes though, so we'd have to nuke the people we borrowed from, then creating an endless cycle of borrow-nuke-borrow until the world's gone and USA reigns supreme.
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
September 24 2008 08:42 GMT
#7
On September 24 2008 17:14 -orb- wrote:
I don't understand what the hell you're trying to say.

Also the second image is shooped so obviously.


You sure it's shopped?
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
September 24 2008 08:49 GMT
#8
I sense ban-trap. Leaving asap.
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
September 24 2008 09:04 GMT
#9
On September 24 2008 17:42 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2008 17:14 -orb- wrote:
I don't understand what the hell you're trying to say.

Also the second image is shooped so obviously.


You sure it's shopped?


Okay reading the rest of the posts I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on T_T
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7695 Posts
September 24 2008 09:05 GMT
#10
I rather have the american government rip are foreign policy to shreds, take the huge amounts of money that we invest in our never ending world policing and reinvest 60-70 % of it into different ends of our economy, revitialize our domestic factorys/production, put tons of money in cutting edge sciences and then tax the shit out of ourselfs to pay back the gross amounts of debt we have and revalue the dollar with stable industry.

The tax the shit out of ourselves doesn't mean individuals, it means tax the shit out of the companys that will boom with such a stimulas.

Just my opinion, and I'm not at all certain I'm correct, its just what I've thought for the last 3-4 years.
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7695 Posts
September 24 2008 09:06 GMT
#11
On September 24 2008 18:04 -orb- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2008 17:42 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
On September 24 2008 17:14 -orb- wrote:
I don't understand what the hell you're trying to say.

Also the second image is shooped so obviously.


You sure it's shopped?


Okay reading the rest of the posts I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on T_T



I'll make it easy, somebody is being a romanian, reread it and figure out who!
t_co
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States702 Posts
September 24 2008 10:59 GMT
#12
um. guys i'm trying to seriously ask a question here...
"Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, so long as there is money to buy it." --Henry Kravis
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7695 Posts
September 24 2008 11:06 GMT
#13
I gave my opinion that accepting either is bad so isolationist america ftw?

What do you think?
t_co
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States702 Posts
September 24 2008 11:08 GMT
#14
On September 24 2008 20:06 AttackZerg wrote:
I gave my opinion that accepting either is bad so isolationist america ftw?

What do you think?


Well we have to accept one or the other. Currently US owes about 3-4 trillion dollars to foreigners and a significantly larger amount to itself in terms of mortgages and other forms of paper. Well actually, we could default, but that would be horrific and unconscionable (it would reduce the US to a financial basketcase like Russia or Argentina).
"Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, so long as there is money to buy it." --Henry Kravis
t_co
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States702 Posts
September 24 2008 11:14 GMT
#15
Isolationism won't save us enough money to pay it all off.
"Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, so long as there is money to buy it." --Henry Kravis
LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
September 24 2008 11:41 GMT
#16
Foreign Capital. Us can't do without it and it is already pouring into US companies. Abu-dhabi is the largest share holder in Citi and others will follow. China's goverment has Decent amount of free capital in ready-to-invest funds, but the middle-eastern investors still have several times more. So put Saudi flag up there ;o
Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
September 24 2008 12:47 GMT
#17
Why would we pay it off? What modern countries actually pay off their debt? The plan is to improve the domestic economy, employ much, much better diplomacy and see the rest of the world's faith in the US go back to where it was. If we can get a surplus or reduce the debt, that's great, but we really just need to restore credibility.
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
LaLuSh
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden2358 Posts
September 24 2008 13:29 GMT
#18
US won't be able to pay off their loans. Question is if they can pay the interest rates.
Makhno
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Sweden585 Posts
September 24 2008 15:03 GMT
#19
America... Welcome to Africa!
"If I think, everything is lost"
Murlox
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France1699 Posts
September 24 2008 15:58 GMT
#20
We in france have for a long time gave up the idea of repaying our debts.

We are simply refounding the interests of those... but not even the full interests, we can't.

Our global debt is getting bigger every year by 6 %. (which is btw within the european standards : 6,3 % iirc)

cheers.

Resistance ain't futile
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