Social Unrest?

I would pay the American, and here is why. Note this statistic: Here's a quick and fascinating breakdown by total amount held and percentage of total U.S. debt, according to Business Insider:

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Hong Kong: $121.9 billion (0.9 percent)
Caribbean banking centers: $148.3 (1 percent)
Taiwan: $153.4 billion (1.1 percent)
Brazil: $211.4 billion (1.5 percent)
Oil exporting countries: $229.8 billion (1.6 percent)
Mutual funds: $300.5 billion (2 percent)
Commercial banks: $301.8 billion (2.1 percent)
State, local and federal retirement funds: $320.9 billion (2.2 percent)
Money market mutual funds: $337.7 billion (2.4 percent)
United Kingdom: $346.5 billion (2.4 percent)
Private pension funds: $504.7 billion (3.5 percent)
State and local governments: $506.1 billion (3.5 percent)
Japan: $912.4 billion (6.4 percent)
U.S. households: $959.4 billion (6.6 percent)
China: $1.16 trillion (8 percent)
The U.S. Treasury: $1.63 trillion (11.3 percent)
Social Security trust fund: $2.67 trillion (19 percent)So America owes foreigners about $4.5 trillion in debt. But America owes America $9.8 trillion.In order to pay back the social security trust fund so that we can retire, we need to invest in US labor and get US citizens to be productive enough to help pay back the debt.Edited by Phat, : fixed color

The problem in part, as I see it, is that Republicans are willing to create lower paying jobs even as they lay off the higher priced workers. Its almost as if there was a wage bubble...yet inflation has eaten up much of that bubble.At the grocery store that I work at, top wage was $15.00 an hour fifteen years ago, and just $17.00 today. The corporations, however, want to pay around ten dollars an hour max...and are giving new job opportunities to desperate people scarred by the recession.