[thackney]

A free resource from the earth that God provided to us.

We could say the same about your labor. I'm guessing you consider it worth more than free.

I consider my mineral resources, just like the land above them, provided by God, but having value, and certainly not free to others.

I believe we have been in an actual Depression since 2008

Only if you make up your own definition for the word.

[RipSawyer]

“Only if you make up your own definition for the word.”
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I define a depression as a falling average standard of living and by that definition we are in one and it is deepening as far as I can see. I disregard the official figures and propaganda, the only thing that matters to me is what I see happening.