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yeoman6987

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1. Can we afford to pay without borrowing?

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:55 AM

Sep 2014

I don't think so. We have many times said were on our way to bankruptcy. It would be great to help out, but we need to get our financial situation settled first.

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US Will Not Pledge Any Climate Funding For Poor Countries At Summit; $100 B Promised, $1 B Delivered [View all] hatrack Sep 2014 OP

Can we afford to pay without borrowing? yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #1

Our "financial situation" will be settled when we finally... Systematic Chaos Sep 2014 #3

That will help yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #4

if we stopped spending billions in wars maybe we could actually help countries newfie11 Sep 2014 #2

To be fair. We do have a war to save up for. Glassunion Sep 2014 #5