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Germany says U.S. debt levels "much too high"
Reuters ^ | 09.11.12

Posted on 09/11/2012 5:47:51 AM PDT by Perdogg

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble questioned on Tuesday how the United States could deal with its high levels of government debt after November's presidential election.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: esdebt; eucrisis; europeanunion; germany; nationaldebt; russia; unitedkingdom; uscrisis; usdebt
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Headwinds from Europe. /sarc
1 posted on 09/11/2012 5:47:55 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

ya think?


2 posted on 09/11/2012 5:49:53 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Perdogg

Hopefully by electing a new president! That would be a good start...


3 posted on 09/11/2012 5:50:13 AM PDT by SmileRight
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To: SmileRight

Solution:

Make things in America.


4 posted on 09/11/2012 5:51:56 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (America doesn't need any new laws. America needs freedom!)
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To: Perdogg

Maybe the Germans could pitch some Euros into our beggar’s cup since we were nice enough to rebuild their country after they went insane and elected a dictator. After all, we have much in common in that regard.


5 posted on 09/11/2012 5:53:43 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Incorrect. “Making more things” does not reduce government debt. Spending less money does.


6 posted on 09/11/2012 5:54:19 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

We disagree then.


7 posted on 09/11/2012 5:55:06 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (America doesn't need any new laws. America needs freedom!)
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To: Perdogg

well the Germans could always pay us back for WW 2, that might help


8 posted on 09/11/2012 5:55:19 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I know, I’ve been trying to point out the error in your reasoning for some time.


9 posted on 09/11/2012 5:57:15 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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“Making more things” does not reduce government debt. Spending less money does.

Government can spend less than what is once has already spent?

Never heard of such a concept.

10 posted on 09/11/2012 5:57:35 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS

Then you’ve never heard of the government spending money it does not have.


11 posted on 09/11/2012 5:58:51 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Germany says U.S. debt levels "much too high"

Maybe someone could "clue in" 0bama and the dims.

12 posted on 09/11/2012 5:59:53 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Get that evil, foreign, muslim, usurping bastard out of MY White House!" FUBO GTFO!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

two words mr. Finance Minister: mirrors.


13 posted on 09/11/2012 6:01:17 AM PDT by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. -Will Rogers)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Actually, the Pubbies haven’t exactly reined in the spending this time around. You’d think they could “just say no” to all the funding. They do have the purse strings, yes? Or am I not properly nuanced to understand it all?


14 posted on 09/11/2012 6:03:28 AM PDT by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. -Will Rogers)
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To: Perdogg

Not to be a jerk, but perhaps closing all the bases in Germany might be a start towards tackling the debt. Oh I bet Germany would change their tune quickly if that was brought up after that story. We immediately closed every base in Puerto Rico after that complained and now they are regretting the decision especially the people in Roosey Roads.


15 posted on 09/11/2012 6:05:23 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Paul Ryan/Rick Santorum 2012....That would be the best scenario ever.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

You think they’re NOT “clued in”?

This is part of the plan to bring America down to the level of every other country in the world, and destroying its financial status is the main part of that.


16 posted on 09/11/2012 6:06:06 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Maybe someone could “clue in” 0bama and the dims.

lol. The Republicans spent like crazy during their majorities in the early 2000’s. They are absolutely no better.


17 posted on 09/11/2012 6:07:32 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Paul Ryan/Rick Santorum 2012....That would be the best scenario ever.)
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To: MrB

If destroying the economy is the goal, then they’re succeeding! If this can be proven, then we need to bring out the guillotines and have some public executions for TREASON!


18 posted on 09/11/2012 6:08:22 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Get that evil, foreign, muslim, usurping bastard out of MY White House!" FUBO GTFO!)
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To: Perdogg
"Germany says U.S. debt levels "much too high"

In other news:

The sky is blue. Grass is green. Obama is a communist muzzie.

19 posted on 09/11/2012 6:14:59 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Today if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Too many of those that would be responsible for proving it stand to gain in the short term and on the other side.

The best we can do is to emulate what they’re doing - physical commodities - whilst they crash the dollar.

There’ll be no proving it before it happens because your average sheep simply doesn’t want to believe that they’re doing it on purpose.


20 posted on 09/11/2012 6:16:20 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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