The future of the United States includes...

[Trader666]

P.S. Hiding money from the IRS to evade taxes is a FELONY. So you advising that says a lot about the BS you post and your total lack of integrity.

Quote from Mom0/pH0x:

your money should be hidden, also, you can inform them that you have renounced your citizenship and are thus under no obligation to pay them...

 

[MRBRETTONWOODS]

Quote from Trader666:

P.S. Hiding money from the IRS to evade taxes is a FELONY. So you advising that says a lot about the BS you post and your total lack of integrity.

Tell that to Obama's cabinet.

 

[Trader666]

Name all the great technical innovations that have come from outside the U.S. in the last decade or two.

Quote from MRBRETTONWOODS:

And the GDP of the US is more than 70% consumption with a massive credit system, so as long as the dollar is king the US will dominate that is correct, however the day that ceases to be the case and all of that excess purchasing power is taken away at a very rapid pace in a short amount of time, then there will be a very severe withdrawal...

 

[Trader666]

Timmy's a POS and never should have been Treasury Secretary IMO but he claimed it was an honest mistake... there's a world of difference between that and explicitly advising people to commit felony tax evasion as Mom0/pH0x did.

Quote from MRBRETTONWOODS:

Tell that to Obama's cabinet.

 

[MRBRETTONWOODS]

Quote from Trader666:

Name all the great technical innovations that have come from outside the U.S. in the last decade or two.

That still does not take away from the economic point of view.

According to the International Innovation Index which measures patents, r&D results, technology transfer, etc.

The US is ranked eighth.

Blu-ray= created by Sony
DVD= Created by Phillips and Sony
CD= created by phillips and sony

Fujitsu mainly designs and builds sparc processors

Fujitsu has the world's fastest processor

NEC supercomputers
various arm/mips- like and cpus for integrated devices

Cell processor co-developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM.

Sony launched the first HD camera
Sony created the 3.5 inch floppy disk

Samsung created the first dram chip

Samsung is the largest DRAM, SRAM and Flash Memory
Samsung is the largest laser printer manufacturer

The first mass produced digital audio player was developed in South Korea

Nokia- largest cell phone manufacturer

The first GSM network was launched by Ericsson

Japan and South Korea have the fastest broadband, US is ranked 28th, Even Russia which has lower population density and sweden which is equivalent in density to the US have faster broadband speeds.

ETC, ETC


LOL Who the hell are you trying to kid? The largest question is where the US will be, not where it was.
Stop living in the past.

 

[MRBRETTONWOODS]

Quote from Trader666:

Timmy's a POS and never should have been Treasury Secretary IMO but he claimed it was an honest mistake... there's a world of difference between that and explicitly advising people to commit felony tax evasion as Mom0/pH0x did.

It is not limited to geithner

-Sam Sayyad husband of the Secretary of labor Hilda Solis

Tom Daschle had to withdraw and so did Nancy Killefer.
It is one gigantic coincidence, huh?




Stop deluding youself.
Name all the technical innovations of the US has solely developed in the last 10 years relative to the rest of the world and look at the percentage decline overall.

The VHS was also developed by JVC and Phillips.


You still cannot argue with the economics at the end of the day and that is the BOTTOM LINE. The British like to tell stories about their glorious empire too, but they only have stories left.

 

[aegis]

Quote from Trader666:

Name all the great technical innovations that have come from outside the U.S. in the last decade or two.

There really have not been many great technological innovations in the last ten years anywhere. Sure, computers have gotten faster, cell phones got smaller, digital imaging technology has improved. However, we seem to be in a period of refinement. Rather than new and life-changing inventions, we're seeing subtle improvements of old technology every year.

 

[Arnie]

Quote from Trader666:

Timmy's a POS and never should have been Treasury Secretary IMO but he claimed it was an honest mistake... there's a world of difference between that and explicitly advising people to commit felony tax evasion as Mom0/pH0x did.

An honest mistake made more than once, and after he was told it was wrong?

 

[Specterx]

Quote from Sandybestdog:

So people go to college, but since that it so damn expensive, they graduate with 50k in student loans. Of course then they say we are educated and deserve a nice high paying job. But when the economy is in the crapper, they go on unemployment instead of working a low end job just to make money. Unemployment also looks better on their resume than working at McDonald’s. Then people like you say they won’t work low end jobs.

Going to college is a waste of time and money for many, perhaps most people. Unless you need the specific skills that college provides (to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, physicist etc), or if you're wealthy enough that you have no need to start working immediately and can afford to blow four years and a few hundred K partying it up while you're young (and there's certainly something to be said for that), you would be better off learning a trade. Failing that, join the military and become a cop when you get out.

Of course I agree that "low end" work (even being a plumber, electrician, or something similar) has lost its dignity in the eyes of many people. To some extent, this is because such jobs have become associated with immigrants.

 

[Specterx]

Quote from Trader666:

You still haven't named a country with more raw opportunity than the United States and you never will because one doesn't exist.

Believe me that I'd love to believe this, but it's getting harder and harder to argue for it. There is more venture capital activity and entrepreneurship in the U.S., but social mobility is much lower in the U.S. and Britain than in many European countries:

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/ERD/pressAndI...nts/archives/2005/LSE_SuttonTrust_report.aspx

Individual initiative and so on now matters relatively more in other countries - while here in America, it's more important to pick your parents correctly than it is elsewhere.