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Poverty

dsteve01

(312 posts)

3. Standing in line, talking to eachother? Humbling ourselves? MADNESS.

Reply to 3feetofsnow (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 10:32 PM

Aug 2012

"Food lines with ex CEO's and the like will become common place."

That's a world in which you and me would still be brothers, but the CEO would feel humbled as his old cleaning lady ladels him another cup of frothy, bread-y goodness.

We need to make the economy more sustainable before the economy makes us more sustainable.

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30% unemployment and soup lines? Na. [View all] 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 OP

Money will lose its value when there isn't enough food...n/t Blue Meany Aug 2012 #1

Not meaning to pick on you, but it has been "as if" collapsed in much of the world jtuck004 Aug 2012 #2

Standing in line, talking to eachother? Humbling ourselves? MADNESS. dsteve01 Aug 2012 #3

We are not that far off today. happyslug Nov 2013 #4