Debt Ceiling Fight 2023

Discussion in 'Politics' started by UsualName, Jan 19, 2023.

  1. Overnight

    Overnight

    #41     Jan 20, 2023
  2. mervyn

    mervyn

    US is an entity therefore it is subject to credit risk only if it seeks money from other entities, such as individuals/citizens. It is the same you don’t want to lend money to China or Russia, no one else would want to loan money to US.

    BTW, a country is a business.
     
    #42     Jan 20, 2023
  3. mervyn

    mervyn

    go shop at whole foods lately? most of the cashiers are senior citizens.
     
    #43     Jan 20, 2023
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  4. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    #44     Jan 20, 2023
  5. UsualName

    UsualName

    How is a country a business?

    Only 33% of our debt is held by foreign countries. The US is not the same as China or Russia for many, many reasons.

    I don’t want this to devolve into a conversation that has someone saying well then just borrow trillions every year because debt doesn’t matter. It does matter what we are using that debt for and if growth is a result.
     
    #45     Jan 20, 2023
  6. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    to be clear, I don't agree with the world economic forum's @ Davos statement. I post it as the clear neo-lib propaganda that it is. I don't shop at whole foods but good on them for giving seniors who opt to continue employment a chance.
     
    #46     Jan 20, 2023
  7. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Whenever I see The Davos thingy, it immediately reminds me of The Skulls movie franchise thingy.
     
    #47     Jan 20, 2023
  8. mervyn

    mervyn

    It takes away young teenagers summer jobs, part timers, etc.

    There are only so many jobs go around, regardless what the surveys tell you.
     
    #48     Jan 20, 2023
  9. UsualName

    UsualName

    Funny, the republicans have proposed a 30% sales tax which would cost the average family of 4, $3,000 in taxes a year ON GROCERIES ALONE.
     
    #49     Jan 20, 2023
  10. mervyn

    mervyn

    Unfortunately it is, behinds the smoke and mirror. Empires fall the same way, econoomic, social, culture, and climate.

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/...s-rise-november-led-by-japan-data-2023-01-18/

    Data further showed that holdings of China, the second largest non-U.S. holder of Treasuries, fell to $870 billion in November from a revised $877 billion in October. China's holdings were the lowest since May 2010 when it had $843.7 billion.
     
    #50     Jan 20, 2023