[TMIC] OT - this is scary

2011-07-16 Thread Bernie
*Have any of you folks seen this? SCARY! http://news.yahoo.com/economic-outlook-grim-no-debt-deal-reached-194155807.html *

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2011-07-16 Thread wim from holland
We do follow this every day on the news. We can't imagine that is still all politics to hold all the plans back, because not only the US is infold, the hole world is. We here in Holland has to deal with cit backs on social security, healthcare and higher taxes. Not that we like it, but those

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2011-07-16 Thread Jeron Rampersad
I have been following this very closely actually; it's a good distraction from my pending divorce. I expect things to come to a cross roads somewhere in the next 2 weeks. Gold is already at an all-time high whilst the value of the almighty dollar starts to fall. The US dollar, being

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2011-07-16 Thread john snodgrass
I agree Wim,something has to be done and as usual we the people not they the government will be hit hardest.  I would hate iy of just one of those congressmen missed a 15,000 dollar payday for a month. gag.   i would think that there are plenty of our troops that could be brought back home and

RE: [TMIC] OT - this is scary

2011-07-16 Thread john snodgrass
sad as it is, the kid with the most toys always wins. --- On Sat, 7/16/11, Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Jeron Rampersad rumc...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] OT - this is scary To: wim_from_holl...@hotmail.com, bpe...@austin.rr.com, grodg...@austin.rr.com,

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2011-07-16 Thread Dalton Garis
As an economist, I have been following this business very closely. What impresses me most is that a bunch of kids, most of whom have never known economic suffering personally, are ideologically driven, and refuse to have their beliefs checked against reality on any level. They just believe things

[TMIC] Re: [TMIC] OT - this is scary

2011-07-16 Thread rumcork
I couldn't agree more Dalton! It's remarkable that 100 years ago the gap between wealth and poverty is exactly the same as it is today. So what did we really learn after all this time? The only lesson learnt is that war is more expensive now Jeron Sent from my HTC - Reply message

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2011-07-16 Thread john snodgrass
another difference is that we the people aren't of the same strength of mind too endure such actions to be taken to fix the problem so it will be a lot worse crime wise. these discussions aren't meant to be liked. wish we weren't here! --- On Sat, 7/16/11, rumc...@hotmail.com