well, besides that stuff :) i mean, we COULD do it. we are extremely capable souls.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Pretty much everything since our manufacturing capacity all moved > offshore... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:42 > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: [Economics] Of the 1%, by the 1% and For the 1% > > > but, besides oil (which we could arguably attain in AK), what COULDNT we > produce for ourselves, by ourselves, and use our dollars here, close up shop > at the borders, and become isolationists? > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Our standard of living is guaranteed by the cooperation of other >> nations - China, Japan, the EU, etc. As soon as they stop buying US >> bonds, the dollar goes to sh!t, and we're suddenly living in a nation >> of tens of millions of desperately poor people. There is no money. We >> are no longer a wealthy society. Value is being extracted from the >> middle class using a suction pump and fire hoses. Get your head around >> the facts. >> >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:13 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The US has a gigantic middle class who are living quite comfortably. >>> >>> It's one thing if you have a few wealthy, and everyone else is >>> poor...it's quite another if you have a huge middle class, from which >>> they see that even more wealth is attainable, and yet they are happy >>> and sustained at their current level. >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
