"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Rafael Caetano wrote:
> > necoandjeff wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"Michael Cash" <buggeroff@fake.com> wrote in message
> >>news:57hgc0l56t3p9k7p9kj8kg5neg3o1cc9n3@4ax.com...
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:15:00 -0500, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com>
> >>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >>
> > (...)
> >
> >>>>Working on an annual surplus is a good start.
> >>>
> >>>Why should the government have a surplus?
> >>
> >>
> >>Because that's the only way to pay down the national debt.
> >
> >
> > Don't worry, after all "we owe it to ourselves".
> > Oh, wait. We Brazilians don't owe it to ourselves, we owe it to you
> > guys.  Nevermind.

You may owe debts to us but we owe ours to the Japanese (and others) who
have been financing our debt using all the dollars they've racked up from
their trade surpluses.

Jeff