The “foreign debts” that Billy references here have nothing on the Eurozone crisis.  PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain) are still adversely affecting the world economy almost 8 years later.

I wonder what the ratio of homeless vets from Vietnam is to the homeless vets from Iraq and Afghanistan.  I’d bet it’s higher now that it was then.  We have less of a social safety net and less societal concerns now.