Posted on 04/07/2004 10:14:34 AM PDT by Willie Green
That is interesting --- back when tv's were more expensive you could watch it for free and have some entertaining decent shows to watch. Tv's aren't really free when people have to buy VCRs and DVD's and $50 a month cable to have something interesting to watch.
I hadn't thought about that --- I had a couple great grandparents who lived on their own into their 90's but no one from the grandparent generation made it into their 90's and we'll see about the parent generation --- I don't think we can say that we're going to live longer than our great-grandparents or even grandparents. The lifespan has probably been maxed out for some time now.
Yeah, and they sold it back for 1/2 of what they paid.
I don't think you want to start talking about how Japan is going to take all our jobs after they just came out of 15 years of on and off recession.
With your negative attitude, I'm surprised you've lasted this long.
You mean we'd be paying $500? LOL!
Get it thru your thick head, dollars are IOU's. If the damn foreigners redeem them for our goods, that's good for our economy, right? I think even you can understand that.
If the foreigners keep our IOU's, we'll keep their goods and we win again!! Get it? Duh!!!
All those industries and jobs that went overseas - all those used to pay US taxes, now they don't.
Yeah, those government revenues have shrunk so much. Oh, you mean they keep rising? Must be overspending not undertaxing that's the problem then.
Do these numbers include the 8-10 million illegals?
If we ever get them to leave that will raise median incomes, don't you think?
You are correct. I have no fear of Japan.
Their recession/no growth problem has everything to do with demographics and nothing whatever to do with assets owned.
And in 50 years, Japan will not exist as a nation because they are seriously under the necessary reproduction rate, have been for 20 years, and are Xenophobic about furriners gaining citizenship.
But look carefully at Japan's assets. They are (barely) the largest holder of T-Bonds and T-Bills in the world, next is PRChina. They STILL hold more US real estate than any other foreign entity.
But they ARE history.
Your thick head is even worse.
They use the dollars to buy US companies and land/buildings. Even AlQuaeda is investing in real estate ventures.
Yeah--it's good that Japan, England, and PRChina own all those US companies and land. Yup.
Yeah--it's good that Japan, England, and PRChina own all those US companies and land. Yup.
So they're gonna take the land and companies back to China? What about those foreign car companies that own plants in the U.S. is that bad for us too?
Illegals' incomes are not reported.
Do you live in an alternate universe?
You'll notice that there is a question mark after my question. Don't know anything about your source or it's methodology.
Tell me this: if you don't think GWB is doing the right thing about illegals (and I agree he's not...) WHY THE HELL do you think his head is screwed on straight about the demise of manufacturing in the USA?
Yeah, manufacturing hasn't been declining in terms of employment in the US for the last 50 years, just the last 3, right?
Their recession has everything to do with bad government policy. If we don't eliminate stupid regulations,cut taxes, cut govt spending and reform the legal system, the same thing will happen to us.
cut taxesBush: 1 for 2 (no corporate tax cuts)
cut govt spending : Bush spends more than Clinton, year-over-year % gains and absolute dollars, on NON-DEFENSE items.
reform the legal system,: Bush: zero
Your hero's not doing well, my friend.
No matter the Government policy--in 50 years, the country will be vacant. Their Gummint policy worked from 1980-1995, BTW.
Didn't say he was doing well. Better than the alternative but LOTS of room for improvement.
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