[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', ' ')Borrow without a means of repayment and I would agree that your life might soon stink. I recommend against it.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', 'A')re you referring to those who borrowed and cannot repay (we call them deadbeats here in the States) and they can be individuals, or countries. Greece for example. Borrow without a means of repayment and I would agree that your life might soon stink. I recommend against it.

[ennui2]

Oligarchy is probably the natural end-game for unfettered capitalism, period.

There's still a huge voting base in the US that believes wholeheartedly in deregulated Ayn Randian trickle-down economics, even though the end product we've seen so far has been anything but fair and prosperous. That's kind of where I part company on the politics. There's a lot of "PTB" talk here and I think that in the US we get the government we deserve. If we want something different, we'd vote for it. See Europe for alternatives. This is part of our cultural devolution.

[JimBof]

The single income family is almost impossible in Australia now as well.

[peripato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', 'O')ligarchy is probably the natural end-game for unfettered capitalism, period.

There's still a huge voting base in the US that believes wholeheartedly in deregulated Ayn Randian trickle-down economics, even though the end product we've seen so far has been anything but fair and prosperous. That's kind of where I part company on the politics. There's a lot of "PTB" talk here and I think that in the US we get the government we deserve. If we want something different, we'd vote for it. See Europe for alternatives. This is part of our cultural devolution.

[peripato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JimBof', 'T')he single income family is almost impossible in Australia now as well.

[ennui2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('peripato', '
')I can't see how Europe provides any example whatsoever. They are as much beguiled and entrapped by neo-liberal asshattery as anyone else.

[ralfy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', 'A')re you referring to those who borrowed and cannot repay (we call them deadbeats here in the States) and they can be individuals, or countries. Greece for example. Borrow without a means of repayment and I would agree that your life might soon stink. I recommend against it.

[onlooker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')nd greater awareness of the effects of global warming and pollution started. These were followed by significant increases in heavy borrowing and spending that started during the early 1980s.

[ennui2]

But people tend to avoid really following the thought experiment of what would have happened had we zigged instead of zagged. It's easy to suggest that if we went another way that things would have turned out better, because we didn't, and therefore our imaginations fill in the blanks however we want them to.

For instance, Peter Schiff (or Ron Paul) kept saying around 2008-2009 that we should have let the system collapse and then pick up the pieces. But what would the pain have felt like on Main St. had we done that? I can assure you that the abstract idea of rebooting the system would have been far less painful than the reality. This is why, for instance, Greece finally balked on defaulting the EU.

[Dybbuk]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', '7') of the top 8 countries on the happiness index are in Europe. The US is below Mexico of all places. My feeling is that the US would do wise to reassess its aversion to socialism that it's been harboring since the Cold War began.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dybbuk', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', '7') of the top 8 countries on the happiness index are in Europe. The US is below Mexico of all places. My feeling is that the US would do wise to reassess its aversion to socialism that it's been harboring since the Cold War began.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dybbuk', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', '7') of the top 8 countries on the happiness index are in Europe. The US is below Mexico of all places. My feeling is that the US would do wise to reassess its aversion to socialism that it's been harboring since the Cold War began.

[ennui2]

Now that's a face that hasn't been here in many years.

How long before vision-master comes in and tells us that Planet 9/10 is Nibiru?

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', 'N')ow that's a face that hasn't been here in many years.

How long before vision-master comes in and tells us that Planet 9/10 is Nibiru?

[ennui2]

Some of us have changed handles. Like I used to be Straker/mos6507.

You were one of the more moderate and intelligent voices. I learned a lot from your analysis.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', 'S')ome of us have changed handles. Like I used to be Straker/mos6507.

You were one of the more moderate and intelligent voices. I learned a lot from your analysis.

[ennui2]

This used to be one of my avatar images.



A profile just as kitsch as Bubba Ho-Tep.

[onlooker]

Well it looks like this prolonged low price of oil is really hurting the major oil producing countries like KSA, Venezuela and Russia. One thing curious is that they did not mention USA who I think also qualifies based on how the Fracking/Shale companies have been hurting some going out of business. Here is article. http://thedailycoin.org/?p=63710

[onlooker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'T')he economies of KSA, Venezuela and Russia are heavily dependent on oil sales. The US is a diversified economy with a broad economic base; twitter, facebook, and the Kardashians.