[thinking4me]

I'm not sure exactly what point you are trying to get across with the graphs. Of course, the purchasing power of 1 dollar is less, but we all get paid a lot more.

RE:

SADLY VERY FEW TRULY UNDERSTAND HOW MONEY REALLY WORKS: The money supply is debt...Debt is the money supply in a debt backed by debt compounding interest commercial banking system... (HT)

Keep your eyes on the debt chart... debt is delusion, I am afraid.

Being paid more, why? because we're swining in a sea of debts?? ... Eventually we'll all see the result of inflated figures/salaries/expectations...

Speeches ignore impending U.S. debt disaster No mention of fiscal gap estimated as high as $72 trillion .... SCROLL DOWN

ALSO when you get a chance please read Ron Paul's article in my previous posting. Cheers

[Rodney King]

Keep your eyes on the debt chart...

Oh yes, I understand that. I just don't think that the purchasing power graph is all that important so long as incomes increase at the same rate that purchasing power descreases.

[expat_panama]

OK, so today's economy is worse than the Great Depression and Bush is worse than Kerry --than Bin Laden even.

Rather than get into that (I'm all out of tin-foil at the moment) somebody please say what it is we want.   I say let's cut Social Security and price supports-- that cuts spending by half.  From what I've seen, the Republicans are doing more on this than the Dems or the Pats.

Anyone else?