Two words:
Style Points
ITT We figure out how to save the US Financial market.
Two words:
Style Points
fuck bucks
Vote democrat.
qftOriginally Posted by simonj
Democrats == Republicans
see also: http://www.casualdiscourse.com/forum...hread.php?t=41
I know there are only minor differences but the democrats have the stronger economic policies at the moment.
Stronger in what way?
We can't afford what we have now, how are we going to afford more social programs and handouts?
The US has been the most in debt nation in the developed world for years.
But, cutting government spending, taxing higher incomes etc. would help more than a republican economic system.
move to Canada
Tax pot.
Just kidding. I'd pay higher taxes to keep potheads iin jail getting cornholed. Those darn criminal deviants.
this was my idea.
legalize marijuana and tax it
Piracy.
And I'm not talking about what your gay ass fourteen year old brother does whenever he wants the newest Linkin Park album.
I have this theory that G.W. will try to get it legalized before he leaves office. That's about the only thing that he could do to even come close to saving his train wreck of a presidency.
But since he only has 4 months left, it would be a horrible failure. Ergo...
As if that one act would make up for all he has done.
GWB hasn't been as bad of a president as the media has painted him to be. He's nowhere near the worst one, that's for sure. The American war in Iraq was exactly the same as the American war in Cuba in the late 19th and early 20th century. We went in to save a nation of people who needed saving from a tyrannical power, then set them up to be independent over a period of years after the war was done. We went in on a lie (WMDs vs. Heart saying the Spanish blew up the Maine even though it blew up on its own), we won pretty quickly but the fighting continued forever, and we made the exact same mistakes (decommissioning the local military then setting up a poor substitute in its place, not properly educating our soldiers of the fighting conditions and the native cultures, etc...). 100 years from now people will view them as exactly the same.
I'm tired of butt hurt liberals going to the exact same two things to attack Bush's entire administration. Economy and the War in Iraq. The war in Iraq wasn't that bad. We've done it before, and we'll probably do it again. In the end those people are better off, in spite of what anyone tells you. And the economy not growing as fast as it was before is equal parts blame to Bush, Congress, the Fed, and media sensationalism.
In the eyes of a large portion of the American public.....yeah.
There would be a ton of people that would start seeing him as a hero instead of a fuckup if he legalized it.
get rid of the federal reserve, we don't need a private entity that is exempt from congressional oversight running around handing out fiat currency and putting the burden on the taxpayers when it comes time to write the checks for their errors.
Oh god my head
in this post i will figure out how to save the US election
stop letting americans vote, let other countries vote for them
soup has the best idea itt
Transfer all the money into espees as mentin by tengui, then give all those espees to me then i cash them out for real money.
Lets make something called ZOINTS POINTS
ITT Rick Scarf impresses me by being universally correct
Also, if the liberal media did its job instead of just being an anti-bush clusterfuck maybe you kids would know that it isn't just America's market in trouble right now
i heard the UK banks are going down the shitter too
unfortunately i had to hear that on digg and not on fox news
edit: we are probably going to end up borrowing $85,000,000,000 from China to bailout AIG by the way, in case anyone cares
85 billion looks like a lot more money with all of the actual zeros behind it but the media never reports it that way
could be worse, the freddie/fannie thing might be worth a trillion or two (or more).. if you're keeping score at home that would be the unfathomable dollar amount of $2,000,000,000,000 or for you mathemagicians, 2 x 10^12 aka a fucking shitload
Last edited by thank mr skeltal; 09-18-2008 at 09:45 PM.
on the other side of the coin though we can get through this. as it stands now, our economy is still in better shape than the savings and loans problems of the 80s, in terms of total bank failures. Only a handful of banks have failed this time around, compared to an average of a bank every day or two - for a couple years
oh yeah, that goes without saying
well most people aren't as wise as you and I - according to the media, the sky is falling and everyone needs to pull their money out now while they still can
the u.s. markets have never in its history had a negative growth over any period of at least 10 years. Manage your investments with long term goals in mind and you'll be fine. Try to daytrade or move stuff around too much and you'll be screwed even in a good economy.
We cannot keep bailing these guys out thats for sure. There has to be a accountability. Although everyone is afraid of a financial the economy collapsing, we are onluy a band-aid on the problem by doing this.
As long as China has such a prime interest in buying our debt we'll be fine. China can royally fuck up our economy whenever they want to. I think they're using that as a safety net in case shit ever hits the fan, but on the plus side it does mean that we as individual people don't have a whole lot to worry about for now.
Though the US gov't needs to stop giving corporate bailouts. Unfortunately, the alternative to continuously giving corporate bailout is a recession, which is something that no one wants.
It is a pickle and proposing a solution of my own is beyond my current level of economic understanding
UK banks are just buying other UK banks.
It's the way we roll.
edit: oh yeah and the people now own a controlling stake of Northern Rock which will slowly disappear. Money well spent!
Just make sure MrDie doesn't see this thread
Communism is the answer.
Socialism first.
But yes Scarf is correct.
A good link on the two main parties and how they've changed as history has progressed:
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/ar..._the_roots.htm
And I believe Mr. E would be in full agreement with this link:
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/ar...t_in_ameri.htm
the answer is blowing in the wind
quotes from the internet
I am an economics and finance major, and all i have to say is we should just pack it in and go home. It was fun while it lasted America
Well this is an overreaction if I've ever seen one. America is nowhere near being so financially unstable that it would collapse. Nowhere near.
The more you know - since everyone is so freaked out about the economy and the media is painting such a dim picture.. if you're in the market to buy a house (and qualify financially to be buying one), the next few weeks are going to be the best buyer's market we've had in a looooooong time. Even if you're building instead of buying a used house, the people in that industry are so hard up for work, and materials costs are down 20-30% so you can easily get a STEAL.
Too bad I'm still paying off some debt so I am not in the market for a house, otherwise I would be all over this like salt on a pretzel.
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