I could see China coming after us because they own a substantial amount of government issued debt, but I don't see how that would come into play here. This is requiring the government to issue substantially *more* debt in order to bail out private companies. Where does paying China off come into the equation?
Judah On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The urgency here is that the US government owes a lot of money to > foreign lenders, and they've come to collect. Anyone who thinks the > pressure is from Wall Street, and not Bejing hasn't been paying > attention. > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have a sense of urgency, yes. But honestly at this point, I'm more > worried > > about the effects of giving the Bush administration what it wants. The > > Patriot Act was an emergency too. Our country was going to be given over > to > > the terrorists if it wasn't passed! And I think it is entirely clear that > > the country was caused more harm by the Patriot Act than what terrorists > > could have done without it. Hands down. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270746 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
