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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:33 AM Original message |
What happens if the U.S. decides to stiff China, in regard to the debt we |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, China has over a billion people and a very large military |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. our money would be worthless because they'd stop |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. and our economy would collapse |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. euro |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Say Goodbye to Wal Mart, Target, Costco.... |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. An official, rather than unofficial third world nation. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. War. More important, why did the US' interests ever treat with the enemy? |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 08:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I was wondering exactly the same thing. n/t |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. The dollar would crash |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. You don't really think we intend to pay it back, do you? |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, I guess I was expecting we would pay it back....Wouldn't we? n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No, we would not. |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Well, it is national debt. And according to the Constitution, national |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeh, true, the Constitution says a lot of things ... |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Sadly. |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. All of it? At once? |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Our money is based on debt |
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