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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by 5040 on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:37AM (#35423336)
Demand for American currency abroad brought stability to the currency. If that demand should diminish significantly, future American financial excesses will become a lot more dangerous. This might speed along decline or motivate a return to more disciplined economic policies. Time will tell.
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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by starkd on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:27AM (#35424135)
The end of the ability to run deficits. Social Security and medicare financial problems become exponentially more urgent and dire.
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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by imwithstoopid on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:18AM (#35425148)
no I'm talking about the part where poor Americans who join the armed forces go to foreign countries, are asked to kill people and sometimes die themselves
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