LTLFTcomposite
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AndyH said:And what keeps the house of cards from coming down once the cancer of economic devastation makes landfall?
Capitalism.
AndyH said:And what keeps the house of cards from coming down once the cancer of economic devastation makes landfall?
Ok - "hair of the dog."LTLFTcomposite said:AndyH said:And what keeps the house of cards from coming down once the cancer of economic devastation makes landfall?
Capitalism.
The rich get richer. Watch who profited over the Iraq war, and the last economic crash to see that. The only time capitalism has benefited anyone else is when progressive taxes and careful regulation have spread the wealth.AndyH said:What does 'capitalism' mean to you?
If you please - pretend it's Thursday morning at 5AM. Saudi Arabia has stopped supplying oil to international markets after they decide to use what they have left for their own needs. Gasoline jumped $2 a gallon overnight, to a national average of $10.049. Unemployment has topped 15% and is expected to increase. WalMart prices are up 20% due to increases in shipping from China. The waiting list for food stamps, aid to dependent children, WIC, unemployment, and other social safety net programs reaches an all time high after the last round of budget cuts.LTLFTcomposite said:Capitalism.AndyH said:And what keeps the house of cards from coming down once the cancer of economic devastation makes landfall?
AndyH said:What does 'capitalism' mean to you?
Unfortunately, you can't eat a word or an idea. That leaves a lot of people crushed under the wheels of "capitalism"... especially with the "screw the poor" GOP variant that seems to be in vogue with the Tea Party.LTLFTcomposite said:Capitalism: It's what's for dinner.
LTLFTcomposite said:AndyH said:What does 'capitalism' mean to you?
Capitalism: It's what's for dinner.
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2) dramatic reduction in driving and driving speed. .....
How would the Saudi King stop the riots of revolution when he stopped supplying public services? Without oil revenue Saudi government would be broke and not last long. Don't say they would draw on investments because those would be in the tank also.AndyH said:If you please - pretend it's Thursday morning at 5AM. Saudi Arabia has stopped supplying oil to international markets after they decide to use what they have left for their own needs. Gasoline jumped $2 a gallon overnight, to a national average of $10.049. Unemployment has topped 15% and is expected to increase. WalMart prices are up 20% due to increases in shipping from China. The waiting list for food stamps, aid to dependent children, WIC, unemployment, and other social safety net programs reaches an all time high after the last round of budget cuts.
Please - what's your plan to use capitalism to fix the problem of getting people back to work so they can afford a roof over their head and food in the kitchen?
Then look backward - how can capitalism prevent the problem from happening in the first place?
I was actually asking about conditions in the US.smkettner said:How would the Saudi King stop the riots of revolution when he stopped supplying public services? Without oil revenue Saudi government would be broke and not last long. Don't say they would draw on investments because those would be in the tank also.AndyH said:If you please - pretend it's Thursday morning at 5AM. Saudi Arabia has stopped supplying oil to international markets after they decide to use what they have left for their own needs. Gasoline jumped $2 a gallon overnight, to a national average of $10.049. Unemployment has topped 15% and is expected to increase. WalMart prices are up 20% due to increases in shipping from China. The waiting list for food stamps, aid to dependent children, WIC, unemployment, and other social safety net programs reaches an all time high after the last round of budget cuts.
Please - what's your plan to use capitalism to fix the problem of getting people back to work so they can afford a roof over their head and food in the kitchen?
Then look backward - how can capitalism prevent the problem from happening in the first place?
Folks would look towards alternate modes of transportation, as some already are while reg gasoline prices are at <$4.00/gal in So Calif.Soviet said:If ... "gas prices might skyrocket to $10/gallon in the United States ...."
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- With prices at the pump still painfully high, drivers are swapping their gas-guzzling cars for Vespas and other more wallet-friendly two-wheelers.
Victoria Yribe's husband, Ernest, had been begging for a scooter for years.
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Little did Ernest know, a mint-condition 2008 silver Shenke scooter was waiting for him in the garage at their Oceanside, Calif. home.
The new ride -- which cost $1,195 -- replaced their second car, an old Jeep they sold on Craigslist for $3,000. While it cost $45 to fill up the Jeep's tank, which got 18 miles per gallon, they've only spent about $5 to fill up the 1.5-gallon tank of the new scooter, which gets 80 miles to the gallon. Per month, the Yribes estimate they will save about $70 on gas -- or about $840 a year.
"The thing can go 45 miles per hour on the street, so we go everywhere on it -- it's really the only way to go," said Victoria. "[E]ver since we've done this, we've been seeing them everywhere."
That makes sense. Gas prices have surged around 30% this year. As a result, sales of more fuel-efficient motorcycles and scooters have been climbing, too.
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