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Article #103861Re: OT but must read!
From: NoNoBadDog
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 03:53
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 03:53
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"Bogie, The Black and White Spam-Fighting (ex) Cat" <bo...@syme.org> wrote in message news:dfmb1l$6sk$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk... > "Anthony" <aeva...@cox.net> wrote in message > news:21wTe.180702$E95.168289@fed1read01... >> America: The Good Neighbor. >> >> Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a >> remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a >> Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his >> trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: > > ... > >> Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out >> of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars >> and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today >> paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. > > The UK has being repaying the US since 1950. The final payment to the US > of �244 million will be in 2006. > > Good...then they can start repayment on the hundreds of other loans we have given them since WWII. FWIW, they are paying the bill at the rate set in 1946...not in today's dollars. With inflation and interest, the loan would now be in the billions. Bobby
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