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To: RetiredNow who wrote (120871)	7/15/2016 12:29:38 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218633

Corporate Profits are at an all time high of 10.5% of GDP - tripling from 3.5% of GDP in 1985. Many, many economists and other commentators have called this as "the death of the Middle Class". No surprise as Americans earning less than $465,000 annually have seen their share of GDP decline and their incomes have declined in real terms. Now that corporate profits are declining as wage earners take home a larger share of GDP —— some like yourself are calling the potential rebirth of the Middle Class a horrific recession, because, in your view, no nation can thrive unless corporations take an ever larger share of GDP. Warren Buffet, noted for making billions using common sense, has commented on this trend at each of his annual meetings. He says it's obvious that this trend is unsustainable and at some point, apparently now, the percentage of GDP received by corporations will decline as the percentage of GDP received by working Americans will rise.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (120871)	7/16/2016 10:09:22 AM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218633

Interest on federal debt lower than 2008. Of course we know why.. treasurydirect.gov If rates were normalized would be a different story and we'd be more like Greece, Venezuela or Puerto Rico. We have almost four times the debt of Puerto Rico per person and they already defaulted. Strong dollar a big headwind to bringing manufacturing jobs back or raising interest rates... So we are in a bind stuck with more financial engineering and trickle down from housing bubble 2.0. .. Probably need a real great depression 2 clean out all the excess intervention from the fed the past 15 years and give the working class a fighting chance again..