第一個問題:為什么幾十年來A股市場始終在3000點上下徘徊?
第二個問題:熱錢的快進快出能不能有效制止?
第三個問題:資金為什么外逃?
第四個問題:美國欠債能不能還?
你知道,昨天中國領導人公開表示對借給我們的錢“有些”擔憂(臺下大笑),說“有可能”我們還不了。我想他們不只是“有些”擔憂,這只是公開說法,想象一下他們私下會怎么看?他們一定知道我們不會還這筆錢,不可能給中國人還這筆錢,這是絕對不可能的。
Because the Chinese just mentioned yesterday that they were getting a littleconcerned about all the money they loaned us and that just maybe we won’t pay themback. I’m sure they’re a lot more than just a little concerned, because that’s what they said publicly. Imagine what they’re saying privately.Because they know we’re not going to.pay them back. Of course we’re not going to pay the Chinese back their money. It’s impossible. We can’t. We can’t possibly.
想象一下,某天總統奧巴馬,對著數萬億美國民眾,發表一次公開的電視演說。他這樣說道:“親愛的美國同胞們,今天非常不幸地,我給你們帶來了一個壞消息。政府決定對美國普通民眾大幅加稅;那些仍然沒有失業的人,將為此支付更高的個人所得稅;政府將全面削減社會福利,仍然沒有實施的各種福利措施將徹底取消;我原先制定的所有計劃,包括全民教育、醫療保障、自主能源,所有這些計劃將被無限期擱置。因為中國人要我們還錢!(臺下長時間狂笑)我們借的實在是太多了,全世界婦孺皆知(臺下笑)。欠債還錢,天經地義。所以我們必須勒緊褲腰帶給中國人還錢!(臺下大笑)”
Can you imagine? Can you imagine if President Obama, giving the following type of speech to the American citizens. He’11 give a national televised address and say, “My fellow Americans, I’ve got alittle news for you today. We’re going to have to have a massive, across-the-boardtax increase on average working Americans. Any American that still has a job isgoing to have to pay much higher income taxes.” “And, as a matter of fact, we’re going to have to cut Social Security across theboard. Forget the Social Security check, we’re going to have to reduce it. Andremember all my plans about more education and health care for everybody andenergy independence, we got to put all those plans on hold, because the CHineseneed their money.” “We borrowed a lot of money from the Chinese and we’re good for our debts. THeyworked hard for that money and they loaned it us to and we’re going to pay itback. And that’s going to require a big sacrifice on our part.”
大家認為這樣的事可能發生嗎?別開玩笑了。我們更應該對中國人說:“你們是食利者!放高利貸者!我們需要修改游戲規則(笑),我們要打破債務枷鎖!你們明知我們還不了,還借給我們那么多錢!(臺下大笑)這不是我們的錯!”
Does anyone think that we’re going to do that?What are they, kidding me? Do you know what we’re going to tell the Chinese?We’re going to say, “You guys are predators, predator lenders. We need a modification program. We need acramdown on this. You never should have lent us all this money. You know we can’t pay it back. It’s not our fault. ”
中國人自己很清楚,他們無法參與我們的政治選舉,我們為什么還要在意中國人怎么想?華盛頓難道會得罪選民,去取悅非選民?
The Chinese know this. The Chinese, they can’t even vote in our elections. Why are we going to care what they think?We’re going to tax voters to pay non-voters?
中國人很清楚,我們不可能還他們錢,這和伯尼·麥道夫的騙局是同一個道理。別人借我們錢,我們是怎么還的?——再去借新債。
So the Chinese know they’re in this box. The US government, we don’t pay ourbills. We’re like Bernie Madoff. People loan us money. How do we pay it back?We borrow more.
麥道夫早期的客戶確實能把錢要回來,為什么?因為麥道夫仍然在吸收新錢,騙那些還不知道這是龐氏騙局的人入會。財政部也在做同樣的事情,國債到期了怎么辦?——再把它賣給其他人。需要支付利息怎么辦?——照借不誤。如果有一天誰也不愿再買我們的國債了,那就只能違約,和麥道夫一樣。違約只有兩條途徑,要么直接宣布不還,要么印錢。這就是這些債務唯一可能的結局,反正它們不可能被償還。中國人當然知道這一切,我們很快就會明白。
If somebody came to Bernie Madoff a couple years ago and wanted their money, they got it. Why did they get it? Because they were able to take in new money. Theyfound another sucker who didn’t know it was a Ponzi scheme. Same thing the US government does. Every time a bond matures, we just go sell another one. And every time we need to pay interest on the national debt, we go borrow that too. Well, it works until nobody wants to lend us any more money, then we re going to have to default, just like Bernie did. And there’s only two ways we can default. We just legitimately don’t pay, or we print money. That’s it. There’s only two ways to repudiate your debt. There’s no way we re going to figure that out.
在我看來,與其把麥道夫投進監獄,我們不如任命他為財政部部長(臺下聽眾狂笑),因為他的經驗是我們最最需要的——那就是玩“龐氏騙局”的經驗。(臺下大笑)
And, of course, I said, instead of putting Bernie Madoff in jail, we should just make him Secretary of the Treasury. Because he’s got a lot of experience, exactlythe kind that we need, running a Ponzi scheme.
【上述見美國歐洲太平洋資本有限公司總裁彼得.希夫(Peter Schiff,president of EuroPacific Capital)2009年7月12日在米塞斯研究院的演講《為什么我們不應對金融危機感到意外》(Why the Meltdown Should Have Surprised No One)摘要】
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