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Mon Apr-25-11 05:33 AM
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| 2. Once there was the American Dream... |
| -The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed. |
safeinOhio |
Apr-25-11 05:29 AM |
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xchrom |
Apr-25-11 05:30 AM |
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Bullshit; China's per capita GDP is way behind the US; plus the US military... |
AllTooEasy |
Apr-26-11 03:34 AM |
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"plus the US military could easily blow China away and just take their wealth." |
johnroshan |
Apr-26-11 04:27 AM |
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I don't want to see it done. That would be immorally insane!!! |
AllTooEasy |
Apr-26-11 01:27 PM |
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hardly |
SemperEadem |
Apr-26-11 05:52 AM |
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Once there was the American Dream... |
LAGC |
Apr-25-11 05:33 AM |
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Brother, can you spare a renminbi (yi yuan)? |
hlthe2b |
Apr-25-11 05:40 AM |
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Did you mean |
dipsydoodle |
Apr-25-11 05:48 AM |
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Sure did... Hey it's only 4 AM here in my defense... |
hlthe2b |
Apr-25-11 05:59 AM |
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PST then I guess |
dipsydoodle |
Apr-25-11 06:04 AM |
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Yup... |
hlthe2b |
Apr-25-11 06:11 AM |
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Yes - another holiday Friday for "The Wedding" |
dipsydoodle |
Apr-25-11 06:29 AM |
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Maybe nobody noticed 'cause many of us believe that the U.S. has for some time been on track to |
No Elephants |
Apr-25-11 05:52 AM |
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well as long as they can keep people thinking we are still in it the better. |
ejpoeta |
Apr-25-11 05:59 AM |
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if people would actually wake up and pay attention |
madlefty |
Apr-25-11 07:06 AM |
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The wordplay is priceless! |
sasquuatch55 |
Apr-25-11 07:22 AM |
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The story in a nutshell. |
seafan |
Apr-25-11 07:49 AM |
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It's bizarre that you think a GDP per capita more than 4 times China's is "nothing" |
muriel_volestrangler |
Apr-25-11 08:23 AM |
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You can hardly advocate for international economic competition, and then call the winners |
Romulox |
Apr-25-11 05:40 PM |
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Per Capita is FUCKING RETARDED |
Hawkowl |
Apr-26-11 03:49 AM |
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It's better than taking the entire GDP of a country, though, isn't it? |
muriel_volestrangler |
Apr-26-11 05:13 AM |
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It is nice that Asia is "looking toward" us. How flattering. |
JDPriestly |
Apr-25-11 07:41 PM |
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clarification |
orangeapple |
Apr-25-11 10:56 PM |
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this mite of slipped your mind |
whathappened |
Apr-26-11 06:30 AM |
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You should have read past the headline |
orangeapple |
Apr-26-11 10:33 AM |
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The problem is the export of jobs. And don't ascribe the lack of jobs to |
JDPriestly |
Apr-26-11 12:52 PM |
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a few things |
orangeapple |
Apr-26-11 02:56 PM |
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I disagree with you. |
JDPriestly |
Apr-27-11 02:33 AM |
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China has to look toward us. Our middle class still has a lot of money collectively. |
rhett o rick |
Apr-25-11 11:12 PM |
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Alas, Babylon. nt |
raccoon |
Apr-25-11 08:13 AM |
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And what age will it be when that China bubble bursts? |
aquart |
Apr-25-11 08:24 AM |
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When their bubble bursts... |
Javaman |
Apr-25-11 09:41 AM |
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I know nothing about India. Think they're alike? |
aquart |
Apr-25-11 09:44 AM |
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Not so much a like as all that part of the worlds economy is |
Javaman |
Apr-25-11 10:40 AM |
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Not before we stop subsidizing them with massive interest payments. |
AtheistCrusader |
Apr-25-11 04:48 PM |
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The size of your GDP isn't everything. It isn't even that big a deal. Who cares if we're #1? |
pampango |
Apr-25-11 08:34 AM |
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The question is how much of our standard of living do we owe to being the world's largest economy. |
dkf |
Apr-25-11 10:52 AM |
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Standard of living is much more related to GDP per capita than to GDP alone. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Apr-26-11 01:13 AM |
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The impoverishing of the average American has not made our country more equitable. |
Romulox |
Apr-25-11 05:38 PM |
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GDP isn't everything, as this amazing video of Chinese ghost malls and cities shows |
Poll_Blind |
Apr-25-11 08:50 AM |
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They could shoot similar footage in Las vegas or Florida |
KurtNYC |
Apr-25-11 01:30 PM |
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AND we give them a couple hundred billion a year in interest. |
AtheistCrusader |
Apr-25-11 04:50 PM |
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Where did you read it was that much? |
Major Hogwash |
Apr-25-11 10:46 PM |
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Here. |
AtheistCrusader |
Apr-26-11 12:58 AM |
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Technically the lion's share of the debt is held by Americans |
liberation |
Apr-26-11 02:32 AM |
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I certainly don't blame China/others for buying our debt, we sold it to them. |
AtheistCrusader |
Apr-26-11 09:35 AM |
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Huh? |
liberation |
Apr-26-11 06:34 PM |
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SS isn't debt but |
AtheistCrusader |
Apr-26-11 11:39 PM |
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The IMF is as credible as Faux News |
StarburstClock |
Apr-25-11 11:50 AM |
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Our GDP dwarfs that of Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, France etc. |
DFW |
Apr-25-11 04:59 PM |
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Well, you can also compare the GDP of the US vs. the GDP of the EU |
liberation |
Apr-26-11 02:41 AM |
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China's economy leans on a real estate bubble waiting to pop |
abelenkpe |
Apr-25-11 05:54 PM |
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Zeitgeist Move Forward |
mountainlion55 |
Apr-25-11 07:24 PM |
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I've seen the films and am sympathetic, but have no hope for it. |
Moostache |
Apr-26-11 12:09 AM |
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Now that's a post I can applaud. |
Enthusiast |
Apr-26-11 03:57 AM |
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So they will be the biggest economy, so what? |
RB TexLa |
Apr-25-11 07:27 PM |
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Does this mean I'm not going to be rich some day? |
BobbyBoring |
Apr-25-11 07:43 PM |
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2016: Tigers and Black rhinos become extinct. |
WinkyDink |
Apr-25-11 07:45 PM |
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This is propaganda for austerity, little more. |
JackRiddler |
Apr-25-11 07:57 PM |
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rev'rent |
tiny elvis |
Apr-26-11 02:05 AM |
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Oh, baby! Excellent post! |
Enthusiast |
Apr-26-11 04:03 AM |
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And won't this signal... |
SHRED |
Apr-25-11 08:43 PM |
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I'm in the wong country |
pitchforksandtorches |
Apr-25-11 09:02 PM |
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So if Obama gets re-elected |
WatchWhatISay |
Apr-25-11 10:54 PM |
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IMF, World Bank suck ass. Who gives a fuck about their new world order. |
lonestarnot |
Apr-25-11 11:25 PM |
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We don't lose with this |
autorank |
Apr-25-11 11:27 PM |
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SafeinOhio, many of us have followed for 30 years and thank you for keeping it up! n/t |
Mimosa |
Apr-25-11 11:27 PM |
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So international trade may be managed with Chairman Mao bills soon? |
Kablooie |
Apr-25-11 11:39 PM |
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I hope all those right wing voters choke on this. |
Firebrand Gary |
Apr-26-11 12:10 AM |
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Not if we get out of the unfair trade agreements. |
grahamhgreen |
Apr-26-11 01:46 AM |
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So we did buy that rope. Not surprising. |
Safetykitten |
Apr-26-11 01:52 AM |
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so?..... |
madrchsod |
Apr-26-11 04:37 AM |
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