Thread: Impending Doom

Originally Posted by Albert Di Salvo

Methinks you are a Pakistani who knows nothing of his own history let alone that of a superior culture.

As we say here in Islamabad , The snake winks when you poke it in the eye"
If the Han Dynasty was so bloody brilliant , why did it implode so immediately?
And remember having a few Nunneries doesn't mean being Superior

Originally Posted by raymondo

As we say here in Islamabad , The snake winks when you poke it in the eye"
If the Han Dynasty was so bloody brilliant , why did it implode so immediately?
And remember having a few Nunneries doesn't mean being Superior

Han China and the Han Dynasty are not synonymous.

The former is a civilization and culture. The latter was a dynastic regime.

Can I call you Snake Eye from now on?

war and money, I do declare, is that all you want to talk about?

I am soooo tired of talking about war and money.

Originally Posted by AshenLady

war and money, I do declare, is that all you want to talk about?

I am soooo tired of talking about war and money.

Do you know why the honey badger is the most feared creature on earth?

'Cuz honey badger don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*)?

Given I've been hearing predictions of doom for my entire life, why should I pay any further heed to them now?

After all, I can do the math. I know 80% of the deficit goes away if we just ... do nothing. If we take all the policies scheduled to expire and let them expire, the problem goes away. Doesn't seem like much of a crisis to me. If someone is worried about it, they should tell the GOP to stop deliberately making the deficit worse. The only way the deficit goes out of control is if the GOP deliberately sends it out of control with further tax cuts.

Originally Posted by mamooth

'Cuz honey badger don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*)?

Given I've been hearing predictions of doom for my entire life, why should I pay any further heed to them now?

After all, I can do the math. I know 80% of the deficit goes away if we just ... do nothing. If we take all the policies scheduled to expire and let them expire, the problem goes away. Doesn't seem like much of a crisis to me. If someone is worried about it, they should tell the GOP to stop deliberately making the deficit worse. The only way the deficit goes out of control is if the GOP deliberately sends it out of control with further tax cuts.

the deficit is now out of control, only a fool can't see the obvious and that is that the deficit is fast approaching crisis levels. The only hope in hell is if china and japan keep buying your treasuries, if you can guarantee that then this can drag on a little longer but why should they keep bailing out an irresponsible nation?

Originally Posted by CoolWalker

Yes, we have to "make something" to get money for it...computers, cell phones, tablets...all those could be manufactured here. Yes, the price would be higher, but people worldwide want them and will pay for them...stop outsourcing.

tarriffs would help as it would make it uneconomic to ship things across the globe!

Originally Posted by mamooth

'Cuz honey badger don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*)?

Given I've been hearing predictions of doom for my entire life, why should I pay any further heed to them now?

After all, I can do the math. I know 80% of the deficit goes away if we just ... do nothing. If we take all the policies scheduled to expire and let them expire, the problem goes away. Doesn't seem like much of a crisis to me. If someone is worried about it, they should tell the GOP to stop deliberately making the deficit worse. The only way the deficit goes out of control is if the GOP deliberately sends it out of control with further tax cuts.

Honey badger don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*) is the correct answer.

You haven't factored in the retirement of the baby boom generation. Seventy seven million people. Doing nothing means that they will swamp Social Security and Medicare. There isn't enough money on earth to pay for their needs because the money needed for their care was stolen from the trust funds and deposited in the general fund.

Do you have an answer for that? I don't think so. Baby boomers don't give a shxt.

Originally Posted by bacardi

tarriffs would help as it would make it uneconomic to ship things across the globe!

Tariffs destroy economic activity. They are only rational in developing country, given infant industries and the 'cheap' financing of public goods

Originally Posted by bacardi

...The only hope in hell is if china and japan keep buying your treasuries, if you can guarantee that then this can drag on a little longer but why should they keep bailing out an irresponsible nation?

Japan and China won't continue to buy worthless paper forever.