dxAce wrote:

Really? Who is supporting who? In exchange for their investing in our country we
actually PAY them interest on the money!

We are no longer on the gold standard (Thanks, Tricky Dick Nixon), so
there is not very much of anything backing the dollar. Yes, they get
"interest", but only because we are cranking up the printing presses to
run a bit faster. No gold nor much of a manufacturing base left to back
up the fast-sinking dollar. The whole thing is a teetering house of
cards and heaven help us all when it all comes crashing down.