What's that, Mr. President?

Sep 25, 2008 01:21

Sending all our non-crap jobs out of the country and bleeding all the money out of the lower 98% of the populace has resulted in economic problems ( Read more... )

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hokus_mouse September 25 2008, 13:07:17 UTC
And Canada will welcome you with open arms! :)
Until we go bankrupt, and then the states will buy us, all the while staring at Mexico with greed. I mean once you get all three then you can build houses then hotels .... I guess I've been playing too much Monopoly...

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great_bird_2 September 25 2008, 20:12:49 UTC
No such thing. ;)

And we've had fifty states for fifty years. Lets get some empire-building going again. If we just legitimized out territories and claimed th erest of the continent, we'd be up to about seventy-five. :D

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shepdog September 25 2008, 18:38:38 UTC
Actually, as someone who's both in business and owns a home, I have to give a little fault where this is due ( ... )

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great_bird_2 September 25 2008, 19:17:17 UTC
I know, but both ends. A little corporate responsibility, too. YOu know, net giving people loans/mortgages they know those people probably won't be able to pay, in the hopes of making money off of it... rather than telling them 'no, come back when you're more stable.

Also, most people don't know how to go hunting to fill in the gaps in their knowledge, and too many people get out there into real life without knowing how to set a budget, manage finances, set limits, etc.

And yes, as someone whos looking forward to many years of being an independent contractor (fancy way of saying 'self-employed'), I've run into being too much of a risk already, in part because I have no credit, due to not having any credit cards or ever having been able to get a loan for anything. *heh*

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shepdog September 25 2008, 19:56:11 UTC
Yup, corporate responsiblity too, absolutely, for shady deals on credit, it was a vicious cycle. The point is, if the government at this point doesn't step in, we're in for a major economic fall. I don't think people realize how serious it really is - I'm eyeing this and I've sure cut back my spending, and tightened my work spending too. I'm buying what I need to sell, nothing more, nothing new. Can't, things are too unstable. I need to be able to pay my employees first, but I sure won't be hiring new ones ( ... )

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great_bird_2 September 25 2008, 20:08:59 UTC
I say let the banks go under and everyone should put their money in credit unions. *heh* No shareholders, no overpaid CEOs... ;)

I totally agree on your earlier points, though -- don't gamble what you can't afford to lose.

As for the self-employed thing... I'm an electrician. My servies will always be needed as long as things don't devolve into a Mad Max, post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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