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Originally posted by burdman30ott6
NO!
If the US and Eurozone were to economically collapse, the thrid world countries would suffer immensely. Most all economic "development" in the third world comes from aid package & private philanthropy from the US & Eurozone. I would guess that, in the face of economic disaster, most of that money would also go away, leaving the third world countries with little to nothing.
Originally posted by fixitwcw
reply to post by agentblue
i would say those who stand to gain the most would not be countries, but the criminals in washington and those pulling their strings.
Bottom line, under the current system those "colorful pieces of numbered paper" can be exchanged for goods and/or services.
...The Federal Reserve, too, has declared that it cannot help the states with their budget problems...
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