SilverPete said:Can't the US just create as much USD as they want?
No1joey said:Very interesting facts. I love it. Keep the doom and gloom coming![]()
Caput Lupinum said:In Australia's case household debt is more the issue rather than government debt. I don't have the figures but I think we would be right up there what with us all being up to our eyeballs with mortgages n' stuff.
willrocks said:If you divide all Australian debt ($5,051,558,380,000) by the total population (23,698,971) you get a debt per person (adults and children) of $213,155. That's something to think about.
What's even scarier is that debt falls on the shoulders of approximately 9,000,000 private sector workers. Because we know pensioners, unemployed, students, children, and public sector employees won't be paying the debt. So in reality, if you're working, your share of the debt is over half a million ($561,284).
SilverPete said:willrocks said:If you divide all Australian debt ($5,051,558,380,000) by the total population (23,698,971) you get a debt per person (adults and children) of $213,155. That's something to think about.
What's even scarier is that debt falls on the shoulders of approximately 9,000,000 private sector workers. Because we know pensioners, unemployed, students, children, and public sector employees won't be paying the debt. So in reality, if you're working, your share of the debt is over half a million ($561,284).
Now this scares me... because if all this shit goes bad, it could be the subset of salaried workers without debt and who will be levied to bail out those in debt.
trader10 said:SilverPete said:willrocks said:If you divide all Australian debt ($5,051,558,380,000) by the total population (23,698,971) you get a debt per person (adults and children) of $213,155. That's something to think about.
What's even scarier is that debt falls on the shoulders of approximately 9,000,000 private sector workers. Because we know pensioners, unemployed, students, children, and public sector employees won't be paying the debt. So in reality, if you're working, your share of the debt is over half a million ($561,284).
Now this scares me... because if all this shit goes bad, it could be the subset of salaried workers without debt and who will be levied to bail out those in debt.
Pete, if it goes bad, they(the government) will do exactly the same as they are doing in Europe. They would introduce Austerity Measures and the "plebes" public will pay for it....
The Australian government rely almost entirely on the $1.4 trillion from our SUPERANNUATION to keep this debt ball going on.... If we fall under a major recession and one of our creditors start asking for their money, the government then will put in place austerity measures and could perhaps even dip on our super if necessary.
No wonder it's for the best interest of the "country/government" to keep superannuation as COMPULSORY and a plan to increase contributions.... it's a PONZI SCHEME !