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- From: tcifelli@bmerh717.bnr.ca (Tony Cifelli)
- Subject: Re: Anyone want to buy a used country?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.164443.26841@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
- References: <1992Nov20.132220.21720@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 16:44:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.132220.21720@bmerh85.bnr.ca> viking@bmerh66.bnr.ca writes:
- >What's the solution? The bottom line seems to be that this country is living
- >beyond its means. To be blunt, we frankly cannot afford to be a country. The
- >only solution seems to be to sell off our assets so - anyone want to buy a slightly
- >used country?
- I think we have passed the point of no return. There is no way for the
- government to pay back the enormous debt. The tax base just isn't big
- enough. Cutting back a billion here or there is just a drop in the bucket.
- I think the only answer is to continue to run the debt through the roof
- and simply screw our debtors some day when they come to collect.
- Its not as preposterous as you may think.
-
- Lots of countries have done this to other countries with no repercussions.
- Most recently Canadian banks have written off loans to various Latin
- American countries - like as if they could pay it back anyway. We didn't
- exactly declare war on Brazil because of this. We still probably lend
- them money. If we don't others will. Lending money is risky to begin with
- and defaults are part of the cost of doing business.
-
- Tony.
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