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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (10114)12/8/2002 11:46:57 AM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
nicely put, TinMan... 1930 versus 1980 challenged

with the former Lindsey-ONeill team, I would have deemed the likelihood of 1930 outcome at 50%

with the unnamed Econ team, but a clear indication of monetizing its way to the centerline of traffic, I would guess the likelihood of 1930 outcome is at 30%

I still prefer my summary of muddling along (ala Mauldin) with the best case scenario being MOTHER OF ALL STAGFLATIONS

comparison to 1980 is interesting
we have about 4 times as much money in the supply (MZM)
we have about 130% more federal debt, a guess
we have about 70% more household debt, a guess
we have about 400% greater trade gap
we have about 1/3-rd as much gold as Trez debt collateral
we have foreigners owning about 180% more of the Trez debt, a guess
we have the USGovt using many more playbooks
so the Stagflation will be an order of magnitude greater

why do so many intelligent people miss this?

I had another interesting conversation in the sports club hottub
this time was not with a notable from Corporate Land
it was a bright frustrated guy from the soda business
he said the summer-autumn season was dreadful for this highly seasonal business
he said the winter- early spring season is typically awful
he expects big trouble ahead
he said he knows several dozen people whose jobs are in danger
he said he knows several dozen other people from his community who are on the edge financially in the middle class
he said he thinks a large slice of them just wont get thru this if the economy slides more
we talked about several things, but he latched onto the difficult topic of gold subsidizing the Trez bonds all thru the 1990 decade
he didnt quite follow it until I gave it the 3-minute drawn out argument
he finally "got it" when I said the subsidized bond market allowed for interest rates to drop so much in a long trend that corporations had reduced costs, and with the extra money created jobs and expanded
bingo, he got it
he was eager to go out and find gold info in the press
I laughed, and said you wont find a single word
why? he asked
I said because of the advertiser revenues of press/media
he nodded, he got it
more interesting was his daughters
one really cute one at 14 yrs old (oy oy oy)

/ jim
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