On 5/15/06, I wrote:
While massaging some data, I noticed that the percentage of US government debt that's owned by foreigners exceeded 50% in 2004 (after rising for years). In light of the Dubai brouhaha, you'd think that the Demoncrats would have made a Big Thing of this gee-whiz statistic.
however, that turns out to be only 50% for U.S. Treasury securities. For all of Federal debt held by the public, it's only about 45%. Much less gee-whiz. -- Jim Devine / "the world still seems stuck in greed-lock, ruled by fossilized fools fueled by fossil fuels." -- Swami Beyondananda
