US national debt now rising by $1 triilion every 100 days.
America is bankrupt and no longer relying on hard work and innovation. The only way to survive is that of an inner-city thug, armed and dangerous, looking for trouble.
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sree251 · 41-45, M
The vast majority of US debt is held by Americans. The land of the free is self-sufficient in terms of natural resources, innovation, and food production. America can sustain itself without foreign trade. If no other country buys our debt, our asset to debt ratio will diminish as we feed on ourselves like a cannibal feasting on its own body.
TwistedApe · 51-55, M
@sree251 that is a great metaphor "a cannibal feasting on its own body". My country, Australia, is in the same. Potentially self sufficient. But Australia has the advantage of being a continental island. People cannot walk over the border.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@TwistedApe You said: "People cannot walk over the border."
Yes, but they can sail to Australia from anywhere in small boats. Australia send them to Nauru. I think this is quite the wrong thing to do.
First of all, I have always wondered why the world allow a few million people arbitrarily claim a whole continent as their country. Australians should be allowed some territory to call their own. How about the state of Victoria? The rest of the continent could be parceled out to other folks.
Yes, but they can sail to Australia from anywhere in small boats. Australia send them to Nauru. I think this is quite the wrong thing to do.
First of all, I have always wondered why the world allow a few million people arbitrarily claim a whole continent as their country. Australians should be allowed some territory to call their own. How about the state of Victoria? The rest of the continent could be parceled out to other folks.
TwistedApe · 51-55, M
@sree251 sailing to Australua is not as easy as it sounds. It is quite dangerous. As for giving people land, well, most of the continent could not support a larger population as it is very dry. That is why the vast majority of us live on the East coast.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@TwistedApe You said: "sailing to Australua is not as easy as it sounds."
It's very dangerous, actually. Vietnamese refugees had done this. They risked their lives. If the UN can move you guys to Victoria without you folks kicking up a fuss, then the world community could help resettle refugees all over the rest of the continent of Australia. China would pitch in and build high speed rails all over the rest of Australia. The refugees could be put to work making a decent life for themselves manufacturing products for the rest of the world.
It's very dangerous, actually. Vietnamese refugees had done this. They risked their lives. If the UN can move you guys to Victoria without you folks kicking up a fuss, then the world community could help resettle refugees all over the rest of the continent of Australia. China would pitch in and build high speed rails all over the rest of Australia. The refugees could be put to work making a decent life for themselves manufacturing products for the rest of the world.
TwistedApe · 51-55, M
@sree251 the same can be said for Greenland, Russia, Kazakstan, Mongola and Botswana.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@TwistedApe Most of Greenland is too cold and covered by an ice sheet. All the other countries you cited were naturally settled by people already there. The point is, why are you guys so selfish? 25 million people hogging a whole continent and keeping other humans out is bad.