View Full Version : Germany finishes paying for WWI today
Yep, today Germany wrote the last check (for I think 100 million) for the Treaty of Versailles. It took nearly 100 years because of set backs like WWII, and then the nation rebuilding that occurred after WWII. When asked who the check was made out to, the answer was "private investors." Basically, the debt was sold a long time ago in national bonds and various other forms of private investment.
I don't have a link or anything, just heard about it on NPR this morning.
Byte Stryke
10-01-2010, 00:35
How about that tab for WW2???? No...let's not punish Germany for the death of millions. Many German companies that profited from the Holocaust are still around and stronger than ever- never paid dick for their crimes. Bayer, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, and Siemens are just a few that did some nasty stuff and we let them get away with it. Hate to say it but...I won't own anything German- be it a car, a bike, drug, optics, etc. Go to Europe all the time but never to Germany. Their firearms? Never a fan of HK or Mauser. Me bad.
Tor
Really?
Read much American history lately?
BushMasterBoy
10-01-2010, 00:38
It is in our best interest to buy American whenever possible. I will never buy a foreign made car. All my guns are US made too.
The horrors of Germany should never be forgotten.
I'll buy American cars when they make something I want to own. Otherwise you are just encouraging substandard products.
There are a few American cars I'd own now, but not many.
Glad they paid. Probably a pr move.
As for buying american. I try hard to buy american stuff as long as it is qualitu
Just cause it's "Made in America" doesn't mean I'll buy it. If I have to go overseas for better be quality, then I will. (General subjective statement, pull your panties out of a twist and read with sarcasism:) American car compies have been producing junk with electronis that no one needs/wants. When they build better quality, I'll start buyit. (scasism off) As far as teh whole German firearms things.... There isn't a single country that hasn't committed horrendous acts whether it be genocide or simple blacklisting. One day I will own a MP5 FA Navy variant!! oh yeah!
Tim,
"teh" is so 2006 man, you gotta move on brotha.
Sry man. It's my typing. I go too fast and don't check spelling's, etc since I do like 5 things at work constantly... I'll try to do better.
The, the, the, the, the, the, the, teh <--- DARNIT!!!
Paying off an owed debt over a 100 year time span is a PR move? It wasn't a PR move, as no one even realized it was happening. Except for here, where else has anyone heard about this? No where. It's the same way in Germany.
I'll buy German engineering & products all-day-long, along with Chinese, Taiwanese, fomer Soviet-bloc "any stan," Japanese, Lebanese, Libyan, Korean (either), you name it. Nationalism and patriotism will not out-weigh common-sense in my procurement decision-processes, ever. To not participate in the global economy based on some out-dated, principled stance may "feel right" but just makes no-sense. Besides, whether one accepts it or not...you are now and will continue to participate, period.
My preference will always be "buy American" first, even to the extent I may be willing to pay a bit more on occasion in support of that objective. But overall it's very simple, best product/quality/cost and if we cannot compete in a given product or service, the free-market will address that over time.
"Guns-n-butter coupled with quality..."
Lastly, back to Germany, I'll go out of my way to buy that hard-core, stark reality German Engineering and style if it sits at a reasonable price-point. They've fucked the world-up no less than any other culture in the grand scheme of things, they're nightmare is simply reasonably fresh in this generations historical context. To hold the current population hostage and/or penalize them for sins committed ~1880 - 1945 is not a thought I'll entertain.
Personally, I'll never buy an Aztec products. I hate those guys.
OgenRwot
10-01-2010, 11:16
The Treaty of Versailles was pretty much THE direct cause for WWII. That's why we had the Marshall Plan.
It is in our best interest to buy American whenever possible. I will never buy a foreign made car. All my guns are US made too.
The horrors of Germany should never be forgotten.
Most American cars are made in Mexico or Canada. But Subaru, Toyota and Honda all have plants right here in America employing Americans to build cars. As for me I wont own anything but Ford but my truck is made in Dearborn, not Mexico...like my car haha.
Zundfolge
10-01-2010, 11:16
It is in our best interest to buy American whenever possible. I will never buy a foreign made car. All my guns are US made too.
When you buy an American car you put money into the hands of the UAW (and by extension the Democrat party) ... thats a good way to defend liberty in America [Shake]
If "Buy American" means "Buy Union" you're doing more harm than good.
I don't buy new cars, but if I did it probably wouldn't be an American car (well, maybe a Roush Mustang) Especially a GM or Chrysler since they're nationalized government owned industries now.
"Buy American" or not when you buy used has no impact one way or the other.
On a side note, I drive a used Chrysler PT Cruiser ... Hencho en Mexico (in addition to a 1970 Porsche built in Germany before most of y'all were born). One of the guys I work with drives a Toyota Camry ... made in KENTUCKY by FREE AMERICANS (not union slaves).
Scanker19
10-01-2010, 14:54
I love my Camry.
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