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Date Posted: 10:15:50 01/31/07 Wed
Author: Anthony
Author Host/IP: host212-140-115-19.webport.bt.net / 212.140.115.19
Subject: Re: Why did the British Empire break up?
In reply to: RMW Stanford 's message, "Re: Why did the British Empire break up?" on 14:59:31 01/28/07 Sun

>
>>
>>Obviously you think we have to pay you for the
>>privledge of fighting your future enemies
>
>No but you should pay for what used, it simple
>economics nothing is free and what you paid was less
>than the production cost.
>Hark who's talking! you people started a nasty war because you didint want to contribute a penny to a war fought for your defence.

>If that's the case then you should pay the UK for using the country's ports, air bases, land bases, barracks, & all British empire territories used by American troops to attack your enemies.
> while sunk
>>in your selfish neutrality until pearl harbour,
>
>I wonder if the Chechs and Chinese think the same of
>the UK to? The UK and France did not enter the war
>until they believe that it was in there national
>interest do do so, the US did the same.
>
Because you didint care a damn about democracy or freedom until the Japs kicked you up the arse.
> so the
>>interest was so low its only recently the entire sum
>>has been paid back, is that your idea of low interest?
>
>I would say that a fixed rate nominal interest rate of
>2 percent is pretty damn low interest rate, particular
>when you take inflation into account the real interest
>rate was negative. So I would say yes that a is pretty
>low interest rate, see how many other entities get
>rate that low. The British government could of paid
>the loan off early had they chosen to but because of
>the low interest rate it made no sense to. Nor it all
>that long when you consider that Britain still has
>debt from the Napoleonic wars.
>
>We didint ask for the money back from the continental allies who's armies we had subsidized against Napoleon.
>Here a nice little quote about how "outrageous" those
>loans were.
>
>"In a nutshell, everything we got from America in
>World War II was free," says economic historian
>Professor Mark Harrison, of Warwick University.
Some professor! did he think Britain paid with Monopoly money to greedy uncle sam.

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