[FreeInWV]

This is a summary of money in the bank. Is it wise for the US to provide foreign aid, military assistance, etc. to so many countries who are so much higher in this list? Would any bank make a loan to an individual with our spending habits, collateral, debt to income, etc?

Is it apparent that we have spent like drunken sailors? No offense intended towards drunken sailors.

[BikerJoe]

Is it apparent that we have spent like drunken sailors? No offense intended towards drunken sailors.

WooHoo, We're Number ONE!!!!!! Huh? Wha?

Whoops!

[Lord_Calvinus]

Fine: We have spent money like a drunken Kennedy in a whore house.

And, unfortunately, for the things he did right, this is one Bush did very wrong.

[al baby]

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[agere_contra]

This is money in current accounts? Well no wonder.

It is NOT a measure of net worth.

[expatguy]

We can't be broke. We still have more checks.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[penelopesire]

Since when does the CIA get their facts straight?

[mossyoaks]

Hopefully we’ll have a chance to reduce spending with McCain as POTUS.

[HawaiianGecko]

How is this listing ranked anyway?  China with 363 trillion is ranked #1 and the United States with 747 trillion is ranked #163? 

[texson66]

And the Big O wants to GIVE AWAY 845 Billion to foreign nations! He wants to dismantle our military!He wants to suck the “rich” (meaning folks who work for what they have & save & invest) dry to give away the $$ to those “less fortunate”!

And people thinks he is a solution???

He is a gigantic train wreck ready to happen on DAY ONE of his presidency!

God have mercy on us ALL!

[thefactor]

would you want to have china’s government and its bank, or america’s government and its bank?