• MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    Ofcourse they’d employ trump’s tactic of racking up costs and simply refusing to pay. I’d say the student learns from the master, but I’m not sure which one is which here.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      They don’t need the service anymore anyway. The job is done. We’re bombing Iran.

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        7 hours ago

        Does the US, as a polity, have a history of non-payment after rendered services?

        That’s more famously a Trump staple.

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          6 hours ago

          Generally the US is very good about paying back its debts. However, under Trump this hasn’t always been the case…

          This is generally why the US bond market is so heavy in foreign investment, frankly.

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          5 hours ago

          That was true 40 years ago. The decline started before Trump, although I’ll certainly grant that he’s one of the worst offenders and has poured jet fuel on the fire.

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          4 hours ago

          That happens quite often in the Prison labor system, and on a grander scale with Chattel Slavery and a reneged Reconstruction

          • qarbone@lemmy.world
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            1 hour ago

            But those tacitly aren’t expected to be reimbursed for labor, so that wasn’t what I was asking about.