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   beau-jolly
   

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   I just read a story that said Apple had greater cash reserves than the USA. They are raking in billions a month whereas the country is overspending billions a month. What to do?
   I'd privatise them straight away. Sorted!

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   be reasonable
   

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   China: “You owe us trillions of Dollars; wtf have you spent it all on?”
   USA: “Oh, thousands of nuclear weapons”.
   China: “Oh. In that case, we’ll take an IOU, then”.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Al OPecia
   

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   Privatise the USA?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   dvo4fun
   

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   USA: We could send you a few missiles now if that would help. When and where would be good for you?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   ianslat
   

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   Join the EU and get a bail out?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Golgo13
   

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   I think we're all a bit screwed.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Quaz
   

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   I'd thought about "China to reposess San francisco". On the verge of a new great depression, or at lease a sea change in global economic power. The US will have to trim the budget, that's a given, but unless they up the taxes as well then it's just a sticking plaster. It's not yet a default though, they can service the debt, it's just Federal govt that might have to start shutting down as I understand it. We've been here before with Clinton vs Peroit and the Republicans came out badly from that, which is why they are trying to reign in the Tea party.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Oxbridge
   

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   Basically, the nasty-but-sane right wing party is in hock to lunatics who WANT to shut down the federal government. Scary.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   rickwestwell
   

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   Let me know when it's all over. Until then, I'm staying out of the way down here.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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    guffaw
    

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    Yes,stop fucking invading countries and get out of the ones you are in.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Al OPecia
    

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    Including the USA.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    dvo4fun
    

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    I'm with Al on this one. Unless that means they want to come over here. With their chocolate and nylon stockings.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    The All New Jeni B
    

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    I can see no other solution than for them to contact either Ocean Finance or Cash4Gold.

    And then maybe learn their lesson from this sorry debacle.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Al OPecia
    

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    Thanks Jen - watch out for a Ticker Sub....

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    the coarse whisperer
    

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    I think the only thing for them to do is give up this counter-jumper, upstart pretence they can run their own affairs and bend the knee to Her Majesty again. Obviously there'll be confiscations. And reprisals. But they'll be older and wiser and, in their own funny little way, happier.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Quaz
    

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    We are already bailing out Ireland, Greece, Spain and Portugal. Taking on the US debt would be like the kids comming home from University saying "Umm, I ran up this massive bill on fees, living expenses, cool phones, designer clothes, expensive cocktails and Coke. Oh, and I got into this fight with Iraq. Can you help me out?". Meanwhile, we already maxed out our own credit card and the bailifs are at the door.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Sinnick
    

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    They should invade another country to take their minds off it. France, perhaps.

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    Quaz
    

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    Not sure there is anything in it for the US. They could corner the world market in runny cheese and shrugs maybe, and I think the Brits would back them up 'just because'. For anyone who thinks the US invaded Iraq for oil revenue (and that may well include Bush), they could have blown all that cash on mining metals and minerals on asteroids and at least earned a bit of cash back. I do seriously wonder if Bush got Iraq and Iran mixed up in his head and accidently invaded the wrong nation, and now everyone is too embarressed to own up. Maybe it was a typo in the minutes. That could be a FP story.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Vertically Challenged Giant
    

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    Like the idea of confusion over Iraq and Iran. You going to write something up Quaz?

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Quaz
    

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    If you think it's worth a punt I'll have a go. I've got something else on the go at the moment that seems to have run out of steam.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    beau-jolly
    

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    I always try to include the phrase "caught between Iraq and a hard place"

    Posted 1 year ago #

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