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Because the US does not control other countries fiscal policy which is where government debt rates come from. Germany and the UK have entirely different ways to
by kasey_junk 2mo ago
Because the US does not control other countries fiscal policy which is where government debt rates come from. Germany and the UK have entirely different ways to determine fiscal and currency policy from each other, not to mention from the US.
If there is correlation between those things it’s either by choice (the German people tieing their government to the US) or it’s demographic.
- ceejayoz 2mo ago> Because the US does not control other countries fiscal policy… I can't even begin to imagine how someone says this with a straight face.
- kasey_junk 2mo agoBecause I don’t assume lack of agency in the rest of the world? You’ll note I put that in my original comment.
- ceejayoz 2mo ago> Because I don’t assume lack of agency in the rest of the world? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rub... "The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era." This is but one of many examples of the broad reach of American control over other countries' policies.
- tptacek 2mo agoI don't think Venezuela was one of his comparands.