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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's Chavez everywhere a year after death [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)The Chinese made a bunch of loans, and they'll be paying those back forever, or the Chinese will come visit and pump that black gold themselves--they won't be screwed out of their investments like so many others who are still waiting for the bills to be paid.
It's not hard, you know--you just stop letting the cronies and crooks loot the treasury. Put the bastards in jail.
Apparently, you don't have a clue what sixty percent inflation FEELS like. You also don't understand that no one is going to come after you so long as you service your debt. When you don't do that, your economy collapses and people who have loaned you money or advanced you goods and services get very pissed off.
You keep comparing the US apple to the rotting VZ orange. It's just not supportable, that tortured equivalency. The more you do it, the more it's evident that you do not understand the issues.
Ya gotta pay your bills, and VZ hasn't been doing that for a LONG time now.