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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:38 AM Original message |
Someone please explain to me how China can hurt our economy |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. We Hurt Our Economy |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. i too am clueless when it comes to economics, but his is what i heard not |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 04:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. A mischievous thought occurred to me... |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. if we welshed, told them we ain't payin', wouldn't that have them firing |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Remember the final scene in Reservoir Dogs? (SPOILER ALERT, if you don't) |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. reasonable... & true (unless a madman is running the show) then we might |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Isn't that what Argentina did? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. You can't "cash in" treasury notes flordeh |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Can't we just declare bankruptcy? |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Global Economic Meltdown |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. China Demands USA Pay Off Past Debt With Cash. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Do you really believe the US has |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. US Better Damn Well. It Is Only Our Word. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'll take bets |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. It Is Us. Regardless Of Who Made The Promise, We The People |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Bush has no intention of paying China, Repugs never pay back |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Or they change the rules of the game |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Bingo, one way or another it will never be paid back... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. They better pay it. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Sorry to tell you but |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I do understand our history. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. What we believe has little to do |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
48. We CAN'T shirk our debt to China. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. usa has never defaulted on its debt |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. The gold market seems to be doing well |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. How are they going to do that? |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Take US To US Court. US Court Will Enforce Legal Committments. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The courts can't enforce, only rule |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. We Are A Government Of Laws. Court Rulings Will Be Enforced. |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Yea,okay... |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Money Is More Important To GOP Than Blood. For $ GOP Will Sell |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. So show me the Abu Ghraib pictures the courts ordered Bush to release. |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. GOP Will Sell USA Down Yellow River For $$$. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Unlikely to happen |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Just Trying To Explain In Simple Terms 'How' It Can Hurt Not When. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. We owe them a whole lot of money |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Here is how it works |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well any people |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
24. Dad made widgets for $12.00 an hour. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. That is correct |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. "Hi, we'd like to cash in these Treasury notes" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. so you as a patriotic citizen never cash in your bonds? |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I don't mean US citizens, I mean China |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. They can't exactly do that. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ahh, the delicious irony of it. We promoted capitalism there. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. explain to me why they would even want to |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. They don't want to hurt our economy |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. The Chinese are just doing what's good for the Chinese. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. If too many dollars go to China and not enough come back then the |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
49. US corps hurt US economy by outsourcing to China. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And, China is not exactly a free society.... |
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