> RoMunn wrote: > I think you overestimate their ability to absorb more pain and > underestimate ours.
That's a fairy tale that prisoners tell themselves to pretend they're not in prison. You've forgotten the golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. China can easily find other trading partners - and remember, it's not as if we'd be gone, just smaller. China has the gold, so China makes the rules. Anybody who tells you different is fooling themselves. How about just one little scenario for you? China trades short-term debt for long-term debt. America's economy goes into the shitter for the next 5 years while we struggle to recover. But we do. 30 years from now we're back to normal. Just in time to pay back China ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289672 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
