[martin14]

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Ok, I gotta quit joking about this because it really isn't very funny.

Germany actually finished its last payment for World War ONE in October last year.

Now they are paying to keep the other countries going, and buying German stuff.

Its a viscous circle that will keep spinning for a while yet.

[Psudo]

CommanderSock wrote:

Is that why the 3rd world is outgrowing the west by massive margins?

That's probably because it's easier to get from the 19th century to the 20th than from the 20th to the 21st.

[Canadian_Mind]

So pretty soon the Ethiopians are going to be attacking Malta with 60K Tonne Battleships?