Bangkoktraveler Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 While driving the other day I was listening to the radio when it quoted some financial expert that one good thing that will come out of this economy is that many people will start living within their means. Think about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Sounds like a typical right wing economic commentator letting you know that the closer the serfs live to financial collapse the better for those who are in a position to pick up their land and homes at a bargain price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongon Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Live within our means? C'mon you can't be serious. Once we get Hillary or Obama, we will have everything we ever wanted. Free health care (because we deserve to have it handed to us don't ya think), bran new infrastructure, everybody will own their own home, everybody will be cared for in retirement, everybody who doesn't want to work can also get all the above. Because this is america the land of the free. Nevermind how we pay for it. Don't u understand we deserve all this stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 [color:red]"everybody will be cared for in retirement"[/color] Actually if Social Security and Medicare were not drained each month, these plans could provide retirement and health care to the elderly and disabled. [color:red]"Free health care"[/color] I find it amusing that government employees don't want a better health care system, but none of them want to trade their health care system in for what the average USA citizen has for health care. The money is available but is not being managed properly. Over 1/2 billion dollars is flushed down the toilet in Iraq each day. Couldn't that be used for something worthwhile and practical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Australia had one of the best free hospital and health systems in the world for decades but it has slowly been dismantled by successsive consrvative governments who claimed that government should play no part in taking care of people and there were perfectly good private medical schemes for those who could afford them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Just had one of my CDs roll over into a HUGE 1.38% interest rate! The US economy sucks and has sucked for the past year or more! IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 That didn't even cover inflation. You can get 3% and more in Thailand! Plus if you had brought it here at say 38 baht = US$ ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 The money is available but is not being managed properly. Over 1/2 billion dollars is flushed down the toilet in Iraq each day. Couldn't that be used for something worthwhile and practical? Yes but then the terrorists would win, and we cannot have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Why not do a Nixonesque withdrawal. Sign an agreement with all factions in Iraq, knowing full well it won't be observed, and then go home. Worked in South Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 [color:red]"Yes but then the terrorists would win, and we cannot have that."[/color] [LOL] Some might say the terrorist are winning. Bush is playing right into their hand. But on the other hand, countries that are ruled by terrorist, they seem to be doing better then the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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