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To: RealMuLan who wrote (256445)	8/18/2003 7:55:21 PM
From: Terry Maloney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Poor Tony, we hardly knew him. Dossier 'failed to show Iraq threat', said senior aide news.bbc.co.uk

To: RealMuLan who wrote (256445)	8/18/2003 8:42:39 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Interest payments? Government debt around 6.7 trillion publicdebt.treas.gov similar government agency debt in total around $13 to $14 trillion at average of 4.5% interest it is close to $700 to $800 billion I think. between Aug. 1, & Aug. 15 US treasury debt increased by $20 billion, that is around 1.5 billion per day and does not include agency debt or commercial debt. simple put the numbers are staggering and it seems no one cares any more ..... they buy the USD now

To: RealMuLan who wrote (256445)	8/19/2003 12:37:02 AM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

It's a catch 22 type of paranoia. Helping the US with its budget problem by buying its debt instruments is almost like a soft loan and a losing proposition, and then get criticized for having too much leverage. Not getting any thanks at all, indeed. Imagine that! It's a "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. Maybe those loans need to be forgiven. Uh, oh!, It's looking more and more like the rise of future thugs who demand protection money from everybody else.