Sounds like a cliche, but the fact is that this is the collapse of the capitalist system which has been on the cards all along.
The whole shebang relied on creating demand for stuff which nobody really needs (or even wants, in most cases) and giving people endless credit so they could buy those things. It was totally unsustainable. Now all that personal debt is being slowly replaced by government debt. But ultimately, the billions of pounds which are whirling round and round in cyberspace will start to come down, and people will realise that none of it actually exists. Apparently, there is still enough moolah out there for the US to give your brave boys (Dr. Mike, I'm talking to you) 2 billion dollars for a space-age missile system to shoot down the shoulder-launched rockets that come out of Gaza every now and then..........but it won't last. Things are going to get a lot worse. Jonah of Munich _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
