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

[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.