Uh, what?

[bjarvis]

Interesting news item... Britain makes final WWII replayments to Canada and US.

I'm not sure what surprised me more:
(a) that I didn't know there was an outstanding debt left from WWII;
(b) that it wasn't paid off long ago; or,
(c) that the US and Canada didn't forgive any outstanding balance decades ago.

I wonder what other financial commitments from WWII (or earlier) are still outstanding by any of the parties involved.

Comments

[squalidbear.livejournal.com]

Those bastard cheap-ass Canadians, getting all free health-care and shit off their 2% loan-sharking.

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

One would have thought all the checks for WWII were written many years ago. Very strange....(after all i thought Canada and Britain were the same thing back in the 40s....)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would have thought it all would have been resolved by the mid-1950s or so. If the UK had asked me, I would have forgiven everything years ago.

Hey, Britain: Call me... we'll work something out.

[apparentparadox]

Not to mention the ones who live near the border & listen to US public radio and watch US PBS tv for free!

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Um, what was the US doing with its 2% profits?

[squalidbear.livejournal.com]

Oh, you know that was going to worthwhile things; like abstinence education, ammunition for Dick Cheney, the "Godspeed" tina-evangelist program, Bush's English lessons (report card said progress was v. disappointing), the war in iRaq, the Supreme Justice selective breeding program, industrial shredders for the Constitution, illegal wiretapping, secret torture facilities - this stuff all costs money, you know. And it's not like you can do it with voter-approved funding! Hah!

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Don't forget tax breaks for the wealthy! Yup, money well spent.