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> War is funded by government debt.

About 1/3 of U.S. government debt is held by foreigners. China, Japan, and the oil-producing nations use their trade surplus to buy US Bonds, because they have more cash than they need for the goods & services they purchased America.

I think this was covered in Mr. Perkins' book, but it's been a long time since I read it.




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