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| January 1st, 2012 10:09 PM | ||
| Lector | hmmm, i wonder if these cute BofA asian tellers will reconvert to providing if laid off? | |
| December 27th, 2011 03:35 AM | ||
| trooth |
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| December 27th, 2011 03:31 AM | ||
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| December 27th, 2011 03:26 AM | ||
| trooth |
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You're wrong on both counts. The USPS provides an excellent service for a very reasonable price. Less than 50 cents to send a letter anywhere in the country in one to three days. Can Fedex or UPS do that? Of course not. The reason they can't make a consistent profit is because Congress routinely steals from the USPS balance sheet. And if you think unions are worthless today, then why the hell do professional athletes need their unions. They're making 20 million a year in baseball. And the fans keep going to games and buying 12 dollar beers and 5 dollar hot-dogs. |
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| October 12th, 2011 02:02 PM | ||
| Lector |
Velovelo your IQ is so low you're fit for the GOP zombie army. It is Michelle Bachmann that connects hurricanes to Our President's policies. Do you also believe the earth is flat and you'll bask in heaven? You guys are screwed. The religious right will have to vote for a Morrond, sorry a Mormon, which will pick a black Cain as running mate. This is so Antichrist! |
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| October 12th, 2011 11:19 AM | ||
| Velovelo | I read that President Obama blamed the latest earthquake on the previous adminstration. After checking with Caltech and the USGS he declared it to be caused by Bush's fault. | |
| October 12th, 2011 10:36 AM | ||
| ichi the killer |
Sol, they are not interested to know. the public largely are the "zombies" that the Occupy Wall Street speak of. Just consumers who live from day to day supporting a capitalist system that does not help or care for the middle class/working poor. The distinction between "middle class" and "poor" in America is starting to blur, actually. Question? If you are 2 paychecks away from utter financial ruin are you "middle class" or "poor?" I don't know too many people who have 6 months money socked away for an emergency. Regarding China. I am no economic expert by any means. Just a dabbler who reads things. If they reassessed the Yaun and made it more expensive relative to the dollar 1. it would raise the price of Chinese exports, thus hurting the Chinese economy. It would make American exports more competitive relative to China exports 2. It would really piss off China. China, as you recall, owns much of the United States Debt. China=rich. America=poor. China could call in their debt. "Hey round eye assholes! You want to play rough? Give us our money back now! Just wire it in to our account this afternoon and we are square." I kind of don't think we have the money to pay off the deficit. At least that is what I am reading. we spent it all on space exploration, war on drugs and war on terror. |
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| October 12th, 2011 01:15 AM | ||
| solomon |
And to Ichi, I agree, I can't imagine starting a family now. It's a great thing, but things are so uncertain now. And regarding the people who don't have a clue, it just amazing me how clueless some "adults" are to what's going on in the world. Its as if they haven't read a newspaper in their life. I may not know everything, and I may be wrong about everything, but I am at least aware of current events. I find it scary how so many "adults", many with kids, don't have a clue. Especially today, the information age. |
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| October 12th, 2011 01:11 AM | ||
| solomon |
One thing I can't figure out is regarding the Chinese currency manipulation. They are certainly manipulating their currency, and its putting us out of business because US companies can't compete with their prices. However, if the yuan were to get revalued at 30-40% more, wouldn't that also fuck us over. All the Chinese made goods would now cost that much more. Also, China then could really start purchasing raw materials, foreign land, commodities at a substantial discount to what they pay now. Here's my 2 bit prediction, China will in the next few years revalue their currency as we have been begging them to, but when they do, they will already have driven us out as competitors in just about every industry, then when we have no productive capability and are reliant on them for more than just cheap crap, then boom, prices will inflate dramatically in dollar terms and we are fucked. They will flip the switch on us, and before we know it, we are 3rd world and they are the new empire. They will soon take over all steel, the US is barely surviving in that industry now, they will take over solar, and they already own almost all the rare earth metals. They own trillion+ of our debt. They are buying up property all over US, South America, Africa and Asia, much of it agricultural land. Right now, they may have over capacity and not enough demand domestically, which may cause a temporary slowdown in the near future, but that will be just a blip. We, on the other hand, can't get any growth unless its spurred by massive stimulus. Another one on the way in the next 6 months. They are kicking our ass. But now, they are big enough to take over sometime in the not so distant future as the next superpower. I really hope that I'm completely wrong. Someone please point out my err in thinking and give me some hope for this country. Thank you. |
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| October 11th, 2011 10:20 PM | ||
| ichi the killer |
Cain, now there is a nice Bible name for you. As you recall: In the Bible, Cain is the guy who killed his brother Able over jealousy for God's love because God seemed to favor Able because he worked hard to get his gift for God, where as Able seemed to inherit his gift and he just gave it up. So Cain murdered Able. Republicans profess love of the Bible. I actually read the book at Church. "Res ipso Loquitur" the act speaks for itself. One of my favorite Latin sayings. Anyways: Regarding 2012 Presidential Republican Potential Candidate Cain's 9 9 9 tax plan. That one may actually help me. I make decent money. It would definitely help the rich, they would pay less than they do now. It would definitely fuck the working poor who may not pay any income tax under existing tax law as they are barely making it as it is. Under Cain's plane the poor would pay 9% of any income, 9% of any State income, 95 on consumption. 27%. Where as now they are below poverty line and they pay zero tax, Surprise! A Republican plan that helps the rich and fucks the poor. How novel is that? GOP stands for Fuck The Poor. |
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