Age of America Nears End
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- i_monk0
Get out of the way, it's Canada's time!
- dskz0
- vaxorcist0
I saw Bill Clinton speak at an event recently, he said in part that by trying to NOT stomp all over the place, the US remained up on its position during the 90's.... he was very aware of this, implicity blaming W and Cheney's short-sighted gov-is-the-problem policies, especially their huge tax breaks for the rich which helped to wreck the govt's ability to do things...
- vaxorcist0
Bill talked for quite a while, very funny at times, he also blamed our political culture, especially the cable news/web/congress circle of trivial fights over insanely small issues when we're totally missing the big picture things like this....
- d_rek0
As long as the status quo isn't affected who gives a flying fuck!
Goddamn need to get in my truck, drive to mcdonalds and eat a fuckin' cheeseburger GODDAMN! Titties and beer!!!
- I'm sure it's made in china
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- I'm sure it's made in china
- vaxorcist0
Some people think China may have a house of cards in their banking sector....
- duhsign0
usa will adapt. prob going to be massive social upheavals and some crzy chaos...I think just about everyone understands by now that the privileges of the few and powerful and the decisions of evil men are our main downfall. I honestly could see the country split and war among the states. call me crazy but in my eyes there has been a war being waged for decades now, corporations against the people...they hi jacked our govt. they gouge us on gas and anything else the can. they are poisoning us with their products. I would say the war started with the cigarette companies...as long as we are under the corpo duress I think you can expect to see the spiral continue.
- there's no war, they already wonscarabin
- we're addicted to oil, and the owners of the oil own everything elsescarabin
- mmm, i think the war has just begun, when the people finally fight back it will get ugly...duhsign
- we have plenty of weapons...think militias of the people versus private corpo army...duhsign
- another great depression and its game on...already got a little taste the last 3 years.duhsign
- i don't think that fight will ever be fought with weapons. their weapon is our need for goods, and we will just continue giving them money and powerscarabin
- them money and power. our best defense is individual self-reliance. make our own goodsscarabin
- find alternative ways to fill our needs without giving them anythingscarabin
- formed0
Same old same old. Is there really anything new? We just see the news daily/instantly now, whereas there wasn't much info available about what was going on across the world decades ago.
The wealthy are the power, always have been. It is worse than ever, for sure, but I don't see how anything will change. Why should it? Sure, people are pissed at CEO's making 100mil a year, and there will be changes, but it'll be subtle.
Dunno, generally speaking we can't afford an internal war (like duh is suggesting). Corps/gov't are keeping gas prices down (look at pricing compared to Europe), and while it makes me sick thinking of the greed and excessive wealth growth at the top, at the expense of us middle class, I would rather have this than a civil war.
The world moves on, capitalism, like Darwinism, will adapt to the markets. The strong will survive and the US will be part of that strength for at least a few generations (even if we move down the list). Adapt or die, as they say.
- I guess as long as theres profits to be made they won't let our system completely break down?duhsign
- dskz0
- pinkfloyd0
"The comments are entertaining to read."
I like the weed comments.
- seeessess0
Maybe if the US stopped sticking their nose in (and bombing) other countries, they may have some money left?
No sympathy.
- <GeorgesII
- +100000000000loool
- yesformed
- not really the reason. I know you'd like to think so, but it isn't. I'd like us out too.zenmasterfoo
- I thought that was one of the biggest (if not the biggest) reason the US economy is what it is.Peter
- $20Billion a month we spend on the two wars, that's not a big problem?formed
- ukit0
- sublocked0
that's some nice, light reading.
- ukit0
I think he's being kind of alarmist. What happens the moment China surpasses the U.S. in GDP or PPP whether its 5 or 10 years from now? Nothing really. Over the long run, the developing world economies are on the rise but there's no huge change overnight.
- Alarmist? IMF Bombshell: Age of America Nears End?Fax_Benson
- Did you read the article? That was his headline, not the IMF'sukit
- My failed attempt at sacrcasm.Fax_Benson
- I get it now :Dukit
- pillhead0
Hahahah @ Donald Trump for president in this paragraph. America is fucked.
"According to the IMF forecast, which was quietly posted on the Fund's website just two weeks ago, whoever is elected U.S. president next year ā Obama? Mitt Romney? Donald Trump? ā will be the last to preside over the world's largest economy."
- Thelonious_Funk0
if it did all go down in flames, donald trump would be a good example of some of the reasons.
- would be fitting with him at the reignsThelonious_Funk
- but F that! Ron Paul is gonna be the man.... If he can make it happenThelonious_Funk
- Listening to him now. He's not getting in.formed
- GeorgesII0
But,, but.. I .. wanted .. president Palin.
- ernexbcn0
Hacked by Chinese!
- Projectile0
does this mean no more little plastic soldiers at cheap prices??
shit!