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American debt as a visualisation

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  • 15-07-2011 9:33am
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    Skerries
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    i suspect our GDP wouldn't cover the man in the picture

    http://www.wtfnoway.com/
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    joshrogan
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    They'll just cancel all their debt in the future and threaten any country who might impose sanctions/trade sanctions on them with war. Who is going to argue with them eh?!


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    Killer Pigeon
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    joshrogan wrote: »
    They'll just cancel all their debt in the future and threaten any country who might impose sanctions/trade sanctions on them with war. Who is going to argue with them eh?!

    A Sino-Russian military alliance would defeat the US any day - I guess they'll be doing the arguing.


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    Saila
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    thats nearly 10 years old, the world trade centre (WTC) is not around anymore :p


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    barone
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    Saila wrote: »
    thats nearly 10 years old, the world trade centre (WTC) is not around anymore :p

    its only used as a guide comparrison


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    Well they still got their AAA+ credit rating, we on the other hand are rated as junk.


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    mbur
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭mbur


    What a cool feature. It tells what country site visitors are from. Outside of the US we are top visitors. but the numbers are growing fast.

    We owe more on both a per capita and vs GDP basis. We deserve to be junk. We can't repay the debt.

    The US are probably in the same boat. They are just better at hiding that fact.


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    jesus_thats_gre
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    And as a percentage of their GDP, something like 70%. That about where we were 5 years ago.


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