Is China paying for U.S. taxpayer rebates?

MSNBC tries to answer the question. The article also gives a listing of some of our foreign creditors, and how much of our economic security they hold in their hands.

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"Japan is still the biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury debt ($587 billion as of January, 2008 ). China ($492 billion) comes in second, but is rapidly moving into first place: something like $90 billion of U.S. Treasury debt was sold to China in just the past 12 months. Other big holders include the U.K. ($160 billion), Brazil ($141.7 billion), and two categories the Treasury lists simply as “oil exporters” ($141 billion) and “Caribbean banking centers” ($108 billion). The list includes 22 other countries that are holding $10 billion or more."

Ron Paul says the federal reserve caused the bubble

Intelligent discussion on MSNBC (yes, I can't believe this was on TV either) about the federal reserve, the cause of market bubbles and return to gold standard.