# Is the US in for a spanking at the G20 Financial Summit in November?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 23, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-in-for-a-spanking-at-the-g20-financial-summit-in-november/469176 "2008-10-23T04:37:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-in-for-a-spanking-at-the-g20-financial-summit-in-november/469176/1 "2008-10-23T04:37:26Z")

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[Story here.](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/34a9c294-a09b-11dd-80a0-000077b07658.html)  
G20 nations to meet and discuss how the US screwed us all, and how to prevent this from happening again (paraphrasing).

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-in-for-a-spanking-at-the-g20-financial-summit-in-november/469176/2 "2008-10-23T18:35:00Z")

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Okay, I’ll take that as a “no” then. 🙂