China was not loaning us money because they care so much about us, it was power and investment reasons. The fact that Belgium has come into play is not so surprising. Two of the early participants in the Bildeberger group, pushing the US toward one world government years ago were from Belgium and the Netherlands. Prince Bernhard of Netherlands was a very influencial figure in shaping the direction followers took in trying to change the US into a nation more in line with Europe and one world socialism. It is rich Europeans and their International bankers who have always been at the helm of trying to transform the US into a socialist one world member nation. Other players come and go, but they are the bottom line who never give up.

Well, maybe for us...but if you look at how much of our debt is on their backs from their point of view, you might just realize they are trying to at least give the appearance that they have some self-interest.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/belgiums-1...
Two years ago, their TOTAL sovereign debt was $113B and that put them at 140% debt to GDP.
Now they are holding $260B in US bonds alone.

It will all eventually collapse. I will be happy. I know how to grow my own tomatoes.

Good info. thanks for posting.

that means more and more we do not own our country and we are at their decisions of law and liberty

So what we have is one nation in debt buying another nation's debt. That can't have disastrous consequences at all, can it? [/sarcasm]

Despite the state of the US economy (which is actually much worse than either the Feds or politicians want anyone to know), it should also be mentioned, however, that neither China nor Japan is doing all that well either. Japan has structural problems with its economy that started in the early 90's and will require some hard choices politically to overcome. China has been fueling much of its economy not on market demand, but on government spending (sound familiar). They have even built whole cities with modern conveniences (including fiber internet) that lie vacant because noone can afford to live in them!

What should worry anyone is the fact that the US is still issuing debt at all despite the fact that it has no plans to pay off existing debt!

(I would also worry about what a massive sell-off by China would do to the value of the dollar on the international market...)

This is how the muslims will secretly buy up America.

First, when you see that many exclamation points on a linked page, you can discount its impact on you immediately.

Second, http://www.marketminder.com/img/4-Reason..., shows what a BFD issue this really is. [Examine Chart 1 closely...]

Third, as my money manager has been repeating since I've known them, 'if you're reading it in mass media, the stock market has already priced it in.'

All of those guys writing those newsletters are selling newsletters to make income. If their market predictions or stock picks were really all that good, they wouldn't have time to publish to the masses.

Consider their ideas to be 'a little added income from gullible subscribers.'

Or not... your choice.

After nearly ten years of my guys' managing my IRA and my wife's IRA... and that includes the entire Market Crash after '06... AND after paying fees AND making withdrawals of over $550k during that time, our total IRA holdings are down an average of 0.28% per year. Or, at that run rage, we've got about 358 years until our IRA holdings 'run dry.'

I stopped subscribing to newsletters about nine years ago.

It is doubtful any sane person should hold much US Treasury debt. It is largely below water on real returns and is an IOU on the US government remaining financially solvent. Perhaps Belgium thinks that US debt is at least a little less volatile than EU debt. :)