[extropy-chat] BUSH science vs KERRY science

Nicholas Anthony MacDonald namacdon at ole.augie.edu
Sun Sep 19 03:46:13 UTC 2004


>Actually, more non-American citizens would rather
>Kerry get elected, even if he would be good for the
>American economy.  They're more worried about their
>own hides than about putting America down.

"Putting America down" isn't a good strategy for any state or entity that backs their economy on the strength of ours (such as Japan, the EU, and Saudi Arabia).  If we collapse, so do they.  Of course, they also control enough of our debt that the Central Bank of Europe or the Japanese Diet could, on a whim, destabilize the entire world economy and plunge us into a new great depression, though I somehow doubt that will happen any time soon...

-Nicholas MacDonald






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