cappy wrote on Feb 3, 2025, 19:22:There's also world-encompassing humanitarian and social support that the US provides, which is being gutted left and right currently, that provided a lot of long-term benefits for the nation that it seems that GOP doesn't understand. Goodwill does translate to financial return over time based upon things like aid packages that lead to us having things like more favorable trade negotiations to access to land/resources. This is the building block of a productive nation and going "well we aren't getting paid right now, so it's a bad thing" is what we're dealing with right now.Cutter wrote on Feb 3, 2025, 18:18:
Meanwhile your national debt continues to explode unchecked. You guys sure make it easy to loot the treasury because you have zero interest in how your government takes and spends your money. I'm all for accountability of government spending, but I'm weird like that.
Canada's national debt is ~107% of its GDP. The U.S. national debt is currently ~123% of GDP. That's not much difference.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/CAN/FRA/DEU/ITA/JPN/GBR/USA
The U.S. holds the world's reserve currency, FWIW, which is why so many nations are willing to invest in U.S. debt. Both countries have the same credit rating overall.
Cutter wrote on Feb 3, 2025, 18:18:
Meanwhile your national debt continues to explode unchecked. You guys sure make it easy to loot the treasury because you have zero interest in how your government takes and spends your money. I'm all for accountability of government spending, but I'm weird like that.
Cutter wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 16:59:It takes like 10 seconds to figure out who this "some guy on Youtube" is and his background...Simon Says wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:29:Jivaro wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:15:
We did it to ourselves my fellow Americans. Enjoy the ride folks.
I mean the past and upcoming voter suppression helped a lot, more than 4 million votes rejected for reasons that are dubious at best, mainly targeting democrat dominated areas in swing states, mail-in ballots and ethn diverse areas... I mean, no big deal right?
Sounds like the Hungary shenanigans all over again. And we all know how that turned out.
But yeah, kind of.
Some guy on Youtube says it? Well, than it must all be true in that case!
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Cutter wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 16:59:Simon Says wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:29:Jivaro wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:15:
We did it to ourselves my fellow Americans. Enjoy the ride folks.
I mean the past and upcoming voter suppression helped a lot, more than 4 million votes rejected for reasons that are dubious at best, mainly targeting democrat dominated areas in swing states, mail-in ballots and ethn diverse areas... I mean, no big deal right?
Sounds like the Hungary shenanigans all over again. And we all know how that turned out.
But yeah, kind of.
Some guy on Youtube says it? Well, than it must all be true in that case!
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Kosumo wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 13:53:Sauron's gonna be pissed.
I can not wait to see if tariffs on South America bring down the price of coffee.
Also for Donald to demand New Zealand give back The America's Cup, because it has America's name on it. Tariffs on Hobbits and Kiwi fruit incoming.
Simon Says wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:29:Jivaro wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:15:
We did it to ourselves my fellow Americans. Enjoy the ride folks.
I mean the past and upcoming voter suppression helped a lot, more than 4 million votes rejected for reasons that are dubious at best, mainly targeting democrat dominated areas in swing states, mail-in ballots and ethn diverse areas... I mean, no big deal right?
Sounds like the Hungary shenanigans all over again. And we all know how that turned out.
But yeah, kind of.
Jivaro wrote on Feb 2, 2025, 14:15:
We did it to ourselves my fellow Americans. Enjoy the ride folks.