France wants interest paid on loan made to US during war for independence.

[Swede]

$150 trillion. lol.


https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/s/NhyL2tJ6nS

[mercuryblues]

1. Too bad there isn't a

Consumer protection department that could protect us from unreasonable interest rates.

[erronis]

2. Well worth a look at the reddit thread - some quite witty (and half-witty) responses.

[vanlassie]

3. What sub is it in?

[MichMan]

4. The US should charge them for both WWI and WWII then

[Srkdqltr]

5. That was my thought. I wouldn't go there.

Or I should say, France shouldn't go there.

[Karasu]

6. We're at such a stupid point in time that it's all become fair game now, really. Nothing seems too absurd, so I guess

France figures they might as well get in on the act. Hard for me to blame them at this point.

[Pinback]

10. They can also charge all English-speaking people by the word

for improving our vocabulary a few centuries ago. Restaurant, lingerie, déjà vu… where would we be without them?

[kevinore]

8. Which loans?

I don't remember the US making loans to the allies. On the other hand, the King of France made loans to the colonies, which we refused to pay back because of the French Revolution. We refused to pay the loan, so we are obligated to repay it. BTW, we did not give Ukraine a loan.

[NYC Liberal]

9. Those loans were repaid in 1795.

In 1795, the United States was finally able to settle its debts with the French Government with the help of James Swan, an American banker who privately assumed French debts at a slightly higher interest rate. Swan then resold these debts at a profit on domestic U.S. markets. The United States no longer owed money to foreign governments, although it continued to owe money to private investors both in the United States and in Europe.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/loans

[Jamesm9164]

7. Lafayette vice Captain Bone Spurs

Perhaps the bill is long overdue.

[Duppers]

11. 😁