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To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 11:23:07 AM
From: dvdw©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50132

ron, ive already agreed that your opinion is a prevailing viewpoint....a mish mash of half truths. sorry if i dont feel like filling in your blanks.

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 1:43:16 PM
From: crdesign	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50132

You've articulated the problems with our country nicely. Soooooo.... What is your attainable solution? Ron Paul is not an acceptable answer. Where do you want (or propose us all) to move? To borrow a line from Jack Nicholson speaking to Diane Keaton in the so named movie; "This is As Good As It Gets." My solution would be: - Demand our present Govt. stop poking its nose in other cultures biz when we can't even get our own working right; we can help but we can't control or influence other cultures. - Think about transferring the greatest percentage of our Govt. tax money spent on the Military Industrial Complex to 'edumacating' our citizens to compete more efficiently in design & manufacturing. IMHO that would solve 80% of our nations problems -"Focus on the Family." meaning educating & promoting the collective LEGAL US citizens of our country. - True, we are not an island, but I'm pretty confident we can survive on our own w/o anybody else's help or detrimentally damage our earth in the process. ...Pie in the sky dreams & wishes, Tim

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 4:41:29 PM
From: Webster Groves	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50132

OK, now that you have revealed the plot of Bladerunner, are you going to reveal the ending, too ? wg

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 6:32:44 PM
From: selivanov	Respond to of 50132

populace capable of filling high tech white collar jobs Labor arbitrage is most evident in high tech therefore where is the paradise you suggest? The jobs are being exported because of cheap labor. You point out Toyota as a success story but some say the middle class isn't doing well in Japan either. Education is overrated. The MBA's, accountants, lawyers, etc are educated? Other than contributing to destruction of industry, legalized fraud, and being experts in exploitation...what skills do these people really have?

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 6:55:13 PM
From: roguedolphin	Respond to of 50132

Great work Ron......you've knocked it out of the park with this one!!

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 8:04:23 PM
From: bullbud	Respond to of 50132

The public has been dumbed down to the point where it was a piece of cake for the Bush Boys to take their eye off the ball. One hand on the bible. The other in YOUR WALLET. Jon Stewart just skewered an ex-administration official last night who wrote a book about how the Iraq decisions were just "Bad Judgment" and no intent to deceive. Man was he on the wrong side of that discussion. I never heard anyone stutter that much. Anyway, the country gets what it deserves. Back in the 60's, there would have been riots all over the place. Not these days. Just fat and dumb 'till the train hits ya.

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/13/2008 10:09:20 PM
From: Fiscally Conservative	Respond to of 50132

Utter Bullshit! eom

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/14/2008 3:29:40 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 50132

States will start fighting each other to see who can give more tax credit to get people employed. Jobs must be created as the state loses its capacity to provide services. Even 'services' like jail will be curtailed. Witness Arnold California’s wanting to free the felons to cut costs. Job creating is becoming the word 'du jour'. US needs to transform itself -quite quickly- into an export juggernaut as the country needs to pay for the goods and services it imports with exports like any other country. Debt unlimited is ending right now.

To: RonMerks who wrote (9566)	5/14/2008 4:48:57 AM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Respond to of 50132

Ron, I'm sure much of what you said echos true for many here. The cause of America's ills can be debated endlessly, as can be the cures. And your point on the insidious nature of inflation, can not be over-stated. It is both a hidden tax, and the main weapon of both central bankers, and the NWO elitists. It's the mechanism for wealth transfer and theft. The insidious nature of inflation, is that much like arteriosclerosis... it's a silent killer. We need to eliminate the Fed's dual mandate of full employment/maximum economic growth and price/inflation control, and change to a single mandate of price/inflation control. As mentioned earlier, if the USD had merely maintained parity with the Euro, Oil would be $80 today, not $125+. All fiat currencies (like all speculations), end the same way.... badly. We need to return to a gold, or commodity basket based currency, but that will only occur if we enter an 1930's-esque depression, or see a total collapse of the US Dollar, or the global financial system. The tool of inflation will need to be pried from the cold, dead hands of central bankers and politicians. ...now there's a starting point. S.O.T.B.