Reply #84: No, I realize what you're talking about, we're on the same page

[MadHound]

And no, I'm not betting you on whether or not this happens, I'm trying to raise your(and others) awareness of just exactly what we are facing. You say otherwise, but you are very lacking in proof, hmmm.

I think that you need to go reread you history too friend, specifically read about the Gilded Age. And how it ended in that big crash called the Great Depression. And after you have finished boning up on that, go check out the stats on comparable issues today, like the record breaking gulf between the rich and the rest of us, and how small a group holds the wealth in this country. And then maybe, just maybe you will realize that we have and are breaking one hundred plus year old records in these statistics, ie we're in the Second Gilded Age, bigger and badder than the age of robber barons. And you know what that means now don't you? Yep, the fall is going to be that much harder. Do you understand now? If not, I would suggest that you go read Kevin Phillips fine book "Wealth and Democracy" for a great analysis on this issue.

This is not a joke friend, I'm not trying to win money or score points here. I am trying to warn you and others that we're headed for a major fall, have been for thirty years now. And right now, quite frankly it is looming close. You know what they say about people who don't learn the lessons of history? Well sadly, it does seem like we're going to be doing that repeat thing here shortly.

So keep your money. While I would be more than happy to pay you off if we all stayed fat and happy, I would find absolutely no joy in taking a thousand dollars off of a person when they are in dire need of it.

By the by, just as way of further proof of my thesis, go check out just how many of the post Depression laws, you know, the ones that were supposed to protect us from another Great Depression, have been bent or outright repealed. You can start with Glass-Steagle. Scary scary reading friend.