When I saw Heritage, my response flipped to NOPE. But I thought, charitably, hey give 'em a chance. LoL, NO. The 3rd take away point "cut spending" is right out of austerity thinking, which has been disproven. Buncha cranks. Spending without taxation to back it up, sure that's problematic. And so is cutting spending 'will he, nill he'. Funny how they never talk about cutting military spending. smh.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/boj-raises-benchmark-interest-rate-outlines-roadmap-for-trimming-bond-buying-program.html

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm out of the loop. What did HF do to make you not take them seriously?

[–] BearGun@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a right-wing think tank who, among many other things, are the architects of project 2025.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Ah, enough said. Thanks.

[–] dirtybeerglass@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Hmmmm…..interesting……yes….something something……absolutely fascinating……so, rich people money……blah blah blah is …..at risk, it says and… something something……no solution…..unless ….. they take money from poor people”

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Japan should just try communism. I hear it works great and then you can cozy up with your neighbors of Russia and China.

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

They already have the Kyōsantō in the Diet, although a minority - 10 out of 465.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A Japanese communist movement literally tried, they were put down by fascists.

Also Russia isn't communist lol

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I just mean it'll give them access to this block. I don't think liberals in Japan will jump ship with the west

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Good. Donald Biden (or Joe Trump) have turned the USD and US debt into a dumpster fire. The sooner other countries dump it the better their finances will be.

[–] LemmyHead@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

They'd never do it if it'd hurt USA so badly. They rely strongly on them on many fields, including military support

[–] verstra@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can someone ELI5?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Japanese investors hold a large chunk of US bonds. With the yen rallying against the dollar and US rates being high, they're looking to dump their bonds because otherwise they're going to start losing money on them.

[–] verstra@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Oh and the implication is that that could further devalue US bonds. Got ya, thanks.