do americans really believe the world is in there debt?

Answer 1

No matter.. as long as the rest of the world believes it, they can cash in on it.

Answer 2

The U.S. has either rebuilt or helped with money or humanitarian aid a good number of the world's countries. The "world" likes to forget that, especially when the chips are down and it comes to fighting. I was surprised that when Hurricane Katrina struck. There was offers of help from some of the foreign nations, including Germany, which you might recall, we shot the crap out of and then rebuilt during WW II. The worlds in our debt? No, not really. But I think we ought to be very selective about which countries we help in the future. Probably including yours.

Answer 3

We do hand out more money to more countrys than any other so I guess the world is in our debt. When was the last time you saw France re-build a country?

Answer 4

Man!! I've been hearing this "ugly American" crap back to the time I can remember, in the '60s. I also know that it dates back at least to WWII, when there was a British refrain that went, the trouble with the Yanks is, they're over paid, over sexed, and over here. It was a derogatory little verse they might have been reconsidered in light of the fact that England had, for 2 years or more beforehand, been sucking up everything America could send her, from cash to ships to aircraft to 1) defend herself against Germany, and 2) to stave off bankruptcy. Across the channel, France, to this day, owes the US money she borrowed to fight WWI. Germany was loaned, and never repaid, money to pay war reperations mandated by the Versailles Treaty that ended WWI. America has 'loaned' money, sent aid, provided technical advisors, etc. all over the globe. In the '90s, if memory serves, congress met to pass the legislation necessary to 'forgive' loans to a number of smaller countries that either could not or would not repay them. This is getting a little long, I guess.

To address your question, I know people from coast to coast and border to border, with whom I've had coffee, drinks and dinner from time to time for thirty plus years, and I don't remember once any of them mentioning how outraged they were at what the world owed America. I've spent some time studying sociology, and I don't remember American's indignation over what the country is owed being a topic. There are, however, studies looking into such things as poor voter turnout that indicate middle class citizens are too busy with jobs and mortgages, utilities, the rising cost of groceries, and family matters to keep up with who their state representative is. Just an assumption, but that likely precludes their having time to demonstrate the sort of arrogance your question suggests. That leaves us with, first, the unemployed. I have no statistics to back this up, but I suspect they're more interested in their food stamps and next subsistance check than in collective social opinion, of any kind. There are those who are retired, or retiring. They're probably a mixed bag, and some may have convitions about what the world owes them. The elderly don't count. They're worried about out living their savings and how they'll get along on social security. Which brings to the rich whoes opinions are a complete mystery to me. I've certainly never traveled in their circles. My guess would be that they are a bit too worldly and sophisticated to be concerned with America's foreign policy beyond what it might do to the balance of trade and the national debt. So, no, I don't think Americans believe the world is in their debt. Some because they don't care, and others because they're either too busy, too old, or too wealthy to give a damn. I firmly believe that this kind of question derives from articals in second rate rags that pass themselves off as news papers, and by the legitimat media's carrying reports of foreign coverage of some government's assessmnet of the US just after an Amercan deligation has denied them some concession they asked for during negotiations for a trade agreement. Other than that, the $#!% you hear comming out of militant counties is just sour grapes.

Answer 5

Not the whole world. Just most of Europe and any country where we currently have bases. I guess I'm forgetting all the foreign aid we send to third world countries. I guess I was wrong, the whole world.

Answer 6

Not the world, but they saved some serious A** of other countries before.

Answer 7

the yanks r no better than iranian except they have democrasy n the middle east is stuck in 1500

Answer 8

No, only Europe and Asia.

Answer 9

some do and some dont any ways who cares