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That doesn't make any sense. Why would ET have a fake thread where the OP loses a ton of money? It would seem that would discourage people from trading...NOT encourage them. So your logic is amiss on this.

nah...the United States still has a lot of technology advantages that China still needs to steal before it equals America. You should know that living in Taiwan. :D

No offense...but you sound like those same people that compare the fall of the Roman Empire to the "impending" doom of America since "all empires must fall". The Roman Empire lasted for over 500 hundred years. Does that mean then that the American empire will last for another 300 years as well...

Many in the world already have a food crisis. In fact...hundreds of millions to billions currently already do and have for centuries. What's new here?

No it won't. The US has some of the best farmland in the world and some of the best resources to produce food. The US WILL NEVER have a food crisis. At least not in my lifetime. People greatly underestimate the natural resources that America has when they preach doomsday claims.

Actually...you are arguing precisely why there is deflation. When inflationary costs can't be passed down to consumers, you have deflation. It creates a dangerous downward spiral for companies as their profit margins fall, consumers continue hanging onto money waiting for even lower prices, and...

lol...I was thinking the exact same thing. :D

Hey bonehead...what does the deficit have to do with government jobs? The deficit is from overall mismanagement. Not because government jobs rose by 4% over 70 years. Nice strawman there dummy.

Don't worry...facts don't confuse me nearly as much as statistics seem to confuse you. You've been dazzled by a chart with two non-correlated variables.

I didn't start it there...you did with that meaningless chart trying to prove "how scary" the world is. Do you believe in the pyramids on Mars too?

I was talking in estimates...not absolutes...but thank you for trying to prove how smart you are and taking my statement literally. I stated that government jobs have grown at virtually the same rate...and I would say that a 4% freakn' difference over 70 years as qualifying as "virtually" the...

Why? It's a meaningless statistic. Why don't I just graph the position of Venus against it too...it would have the same correlation. :D btw...you seemed to have glossed over my point that government jobs have also grown at virtually the same rate as population growth...so I guess it was just...

lol...we just made the exact same point at the exact same minute. :D

That chart is so misleading it's not even funny. Number 1: The US population has more than tripled since 1939, so the government job per population is really not that different than it was in 1939. Number 2: It highlights one industry. What about the millions of new jobs that have been...

It's working just fine and has been for a year. Don't worry. :)

IBR won't be scrapped and is actually up and running right now. My loan payments are in the IBR program. And as for "funding" it? What's there to fund? Either people pay back their loans or they don't. It doesn't matter if IBR is in existence. If somebody can't afford to pay for their normal...

That's exactly the point right there. Neither renting or buying should be considered an investment. It's a necessity for living. It's these thoughts that have convinced many people to make bad decisions in buying a home because they are convinced it is an "investment". The only advantage that...

That's not entirely accurate. An analogy is insurance. Buying automobile insurance is going to be a negative stream and a "bad investment" unless the insured gets into an accident. Then the payments to the insurance could end up being a tiny percentage of the costs of that accident. Renting...

Exactly...my signature is more of a scribble than anything.

I'm currently 34 and haven't written in cursive since 5th grade. And I also can't sign my name legibly, or even write legibly for that matter. Luckily...it doesn't mean jack because in today's society, being able to type is far, far more important in my software development job than how "pretty"...