Everything is from a economics POV, unless otherwise notarized.
Greedy Republicans why do you think that the WHOLE WORLD is in this mess right now? It's because YOU and the MEN on top, and say they create all the jobs. They support America and that's what it's about. We need more money to do that(BS)
Now we shipping all are jobs off overseas, and just selling the products here. I'm sorry but isn't that what used to make us great? When did we become consumers instead inverters and producers of the some of the best products.
I will say this from a economics POV. Jobs have been going over seas for about 50 years now. This is because of a tax-loop hole that was created to promote capitalism. See these tax codes were written up in the 1960's. These same tax codes also gave businesses incentives to go and move their operations over seas, these very same tax codes also force outside companies to build mfg plants here in the states. For example Toyota had to build an auto plant here in America because they were required to be law, because their company HQ was not in the US. However companies like Ford, Dodge, and GM didn't have to abide by these same tax rules. It promoted the movement of jobs to other capitalist countries to promote capitalism and fight communism.
Why can we not pay off our shit, and make money like China does? Hell why the hell do we have to borrow money from a communist party.....and a ton of it. It's CRAZY.
You Republics have really really put us back. Our dollar is falling, and if the EU take control over the oil because of it......Then we are going to be Fucked
We can make money, like china does, but we would have to force start a draft, this will enable us to lower our defense budget by using a conscript army(of which china is). Lower and fix the tax loop holes, then restructure out debt. Next we nationalize Education, and health care to be run by a government backed business. For example education would be run like a company, teachers would be reviewd and have to certified to teach, teachers salaries and jobs are depending on class room performance, there is no tenyrd get away either.
Once we have done that, we can begin to play back the debt we owe.
Typical non economic understanding. The value of the dollar is failing because of a multitude of reasons.
Reason 1:Weaker economics in the homeland
Reason 2:Lack of heavy industry(linked with1)
Reason 3:Bad government practices
Reason 4: lack of a stable economic guide(for example Oil, it used to be gold)
Reason 1. Over the last 100 years the American economy has moved over seas, as a result the trade deficit has arisen, this trade deflect is a bad thing in that it creates a weaker economy, because we import more than me manufacture. Back during the Imperial days, many countries solved this through Colonies and territories. This would allow the mother country to sell goods directly to its colonies which would create a huge trading surplus. Now what does this all mean, this symbolizes to people that more money is leaving the country then is being bough in, which in turn mean more money must be made to cover, and thus increases inflation.
Reason 2:Over the last about 50-70 years we have witnessed most of our heavy industry move over seas, unfortunately this is the very heavy industry that gave us such a huge trade surplus. As companies moved over seas, they made steel over seas, and then the steel was imported into the US, to make soup or what ever you want to call it.
Other steel like armament steel indirectly died because of a lack of military spending, for example Bethlehem Steel.
Reason3:Our government has failed and it is not a republican or a democrat to blame, it is however a range of issues between them. Pork Barrell spending, corruption, greed, all of these have helped to cause massive borrowing, which in turn shows a weeking country, and thus raises inflation. Typically this type of situation happens within a short amount of time before a country is either overthrown or falls, Don't believe what i am saying, just look to ROME, Pre-Nazi Germany, Pre-Soviet Russia, SOviet Russia, the list goes on.
Unfortunately we are showing alot of similairties to Pre-Nazi Germany, economics wise. We are reaching debt level that equal Pre-Nazi Germany (in modern dollar equivelents). However unlike Germany, we have not done mass printing which is what caused the hyperinflation. However, we are slowly have more issues selling goverment bonds, and thus can show more of a parallel line here. Now up until recently, there was a good demand for both US dollars, and Government Bonds. But with the dropping off of both, the Feds have been forced to monetize more and more of our debt, and monitize is more or less meaning to print money. Printing money caused inflation to go up, inflation right now is about 3-4% a year.
Unfortunately, the similarities between deficits and inflation is sacrosanct, meaning deficits lead to inflation and uncontrolled deficits lead to uncontrolled inflation. It is in times like these where people move to what are known as economic stabilizers, which is below.
Reason 4:For thousands of year Gold and Silver have been used to judge a governments worth and power. It does this by how much gold and silver was in that country. It was a stably sign that the economy and the government were sound, and thus a good economic choice. This is basically a gold standard. However in the 20th century, Oil became the next gold. Oil drove the economics of the world, not gold. Historically government kept billions of dollars in gold in vaults to be used in times of war, because gold was a stable economic indicator, Companies would take gold from government to produce war materials, because the company could use the gold to pay off its workers and debts. However there are cases where money was used, in the case of wars, it usually leads to inflation, because the government takes on enormous debts to fund the war, and to create inflation it either monetizes or issues bonds. If it monetizes the debt then there is more money around then there is use for, such cases are Roman emperors who repeatedly debasing their coinage, (Caused inflation in the later roman empire, Pre-split to west/east)the French revolutionary government printing a flood of currency,or the Continental Congress issuing money until it was literally not worth anything. Quite often a government in a financial crisis will find its easiest recourse is to issue more and more money until the money loses its value. The entire process is accompanied by a huge show of explanations such as propaganda and new regulations, increased internal spending, all of which will hide the true situation from the eyes of the public until they have lost all their savings, and they money is worthless.
Back to the reason. Because Oil drives the late 20, and 21 centuries, oil is the economic stabalizer. And as such oil prices went up to help keep the countries stabilized. However in a case of economic crisis people flee and take their money out of oil and pit it back into metals like gold and silver, because gold and silver will never loose value, there is always a country or a man willing to buy gold. This tumble in oil has caused oil prices to fall nearly in half, and as such the repercussions of this are wildly known and shown now. In fact against OPECS advice the G7 told OPEC to cut oil production to help raise prices and bring stability back to the World economy.
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A typical 2008 TPU-Member post. Good Job. You have managed to live up to the stereotype. Did you join just to argue about politics?
There was no reason to be in Vietnam. You should turn off Faux News for a minute and read a book. Just because you are too young to know what the hell you are talking about doesn't mean you have to remain in ignorance the rest of your life.
Bone up on the facts and stop regurgitating what you've been brainwashed.
I don't know what Fox news has to do with Vietnam, but we needed to be in Vietnam. We were winning the battles, and the war, but we pulled out at the pinnacle of the war. Ho Chi Mhin went on a 100% attack on Tet in 1968, he knew he would run out of men and supplies but his goal was not to win there, it was to destabilize America at home, which he did successfully. The Vietnamese people wanted us there, however we lost the war because of a lack of Support here at home, and the Politics of the war, and no over the fence missions like the Cambodian Incursion. We all know now that Ho Chi Mhin ran his supplies through Laos and Cambodia, where the US could not go, and there fore we could not destroy his ability to fight the war, and stabilize the country. It is this political crap that i hate, and its this very political crap that is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. The terrorist are outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, and they come into the country to kill civilians and then they will flee back over the border where they are safe from Americans weaponry, how can we will a war when we can go over the wire.