Comments on: Borrowing From … Brazil https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: derek https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-19411 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:51:58 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=39501#comment-19411 From the title of the post I thought you were going to reference our changing demographics which appear very Brazilian. It came as a complete surprise to me that they were such a large creditor.

]]> By: CompassionateFascist https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-19410 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:33:22 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=39501#comment-19410 US recently gave Brazil several $billion to increase their oil production. I read that as a flat-out bribe aimed at keeping them on the dollar.

]]> By: Myron Pauli https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-19409 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:05:04 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=39501#comment-19409 It is pretty pathetic if Brazil and other countries have nothing better to invest their money in than our relatively low-interest rate paying semi-junk bonds (while we inflate our currrency, no less!).

]]> By: Abelard Lindsey https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-19408 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:43:38 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=39501#comment-19408 The Left truly feels—for they don’t think—that moving money from wealth creators to wealth consumers generates plenty.

The English language word for this is parasitism.

]]> By: Robert Glisson https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-19407 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:36:18 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=39501#comment-19407 Brazil has also made some significant oil discoveries recently. This should give it (not us) more stability.
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news12.17d.html

]]> By: Graham Strouse https://barelyablog.com/borrowing-from-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-19399 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:46:19 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=39501#comment-19399 I think Brazil may be for a nasty surprise in a few years. Their primary assets are a vast abundance of high-value (but non-renewable) resources & lots of cheap (sometimes slave) labor. They also were far less affected by the subprime crisis & international banking scams then most Western countries. I don’t see them turning into a long-term economic superpower. Hot babes with perfect wax jobs are a valuable commodity to be sure, but they’re somewhat hard to commodify.

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