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January 30, 2008
SouthAmerica: Reply to Libertad
Libertad: âThe real question here is how does a country change?â
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SouthAmerica: Countries are changing all the time just look at Brazil, China, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Angola, India, Russia, and many others.
There are countries also that are returning to the stone-age such as Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, and many others.
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Libertad: âHow can people stop work when they have to have income to live
and try to form what is necessary for change?
What is the process?â
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SouthAmerica: Never before people had the tools for change as they have today, and today these tools are available to almost anyone: the internet and Wiki technology.
Combine that with some creativity and imagination and the sky is the limit.
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Libertad: âIn every country that I have lived in,â
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SouthAmerica: Which countries are you talking about?
Since describing that these countries had extreme corruption you are describing the majority of countries from around the world, including the United States.
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Libertad: âThus the question remains, just how does any country effect change?.....â
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SouthAmerica: People make things happen from native Indians in Peru selling their wares thru the internet, to innovative ways in India and in Brazil that open the doors of the internet to the poorest members of society.
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Libertad: âIt is quite obvious already that the only thing changing in the US is the name of the President...and nothing else...â
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SouthAmerica: The United States is a giant that is become obsolete very fast, and its leaders and the American population for that matter have not grasped that the United States is in implosion mode.
The rest of the world will catch up to the reality of what is happening in the United States, and eventually the rest of the world will stop feeding billions and billions of dollars year after year to keep this dying giant afloat.
Americans are in complete denial about what is happening around the world, and as creative destruction takes care of this massive global transformation, Americans are living more and more based on the glory days of the past and it becomes clear that the foundations of the country it has been built in quicksand.
The quicksand is the promises made in the past about benefits including health care benefits, pension and so on. Basically, American corporations canât keep the promises made in the past and they are not honoring these promises to retired people.
It is not only the companies that are getting in trouble here that are cutting drastically all these benefits now that they are coming due. The private equity firms, hedge funds, and many more suspects found a new way of making a quick buck by raiding companies and steal their pots of gold that these companies had created to met their future obligations. It is open season against any company who has set money aside to meet their future obligations regarding these promised benefits.
Basically the American system is being milked to the bone by a small number of people who are making more money than anyone could ever imagine.
Americans are becoming poorer by the day as they lose the benefits that they thought they had eraned over the years, and as the value of real estate implodes, and stock market values decline.
Besides the United States has been making a massive investment on its future to the tune of $ 4 trillion dollars for the 8 years of the Bush administration â investment in defense spending which will generate great returns in the future such as hyperinflation, and trillions more of extra expenses as a result of these various wars such as in Iraq, Afghanistan, and according to John McCain if he is elected president the US has many more wars to start in the coming years.
In the meantime, the other major countries of the world have been investing in infrastructure, education, and the technologies of the future.
Never mind that the United States will have 2 million more people per year on top of the cumulative number of people to pay for government entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. And in the coming years the government goes from having to pay all these entitlements from the current 40 million people over 65 years old to 56 to 60 million people by the end of the next president 8-year term.
The US dollar had a great ride since the end of WW II, but the free lunch is about to end as the US dollar lose its place as the major reserve currency around the world and in the process creating the biggest international monetary crisis the world ever saw.
To show how Americans are in complete denial at this major turning point in American history look at the major candidates who have the possibility of winning the presidential election in November 2008.
Americans at this important turning point and with a perfect storm just ahead they decide to make an experiment by electing the first woman, or the first black man as president, and the other major party has a Dinosaur as its candidate in McCain, a man with the mindset of the 1950âs.
I rest my case!
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January 30, 2008
SouthAmerica: Reply to Libertad
Libertad: âThe real question here is how does a country change?â
***
SouthAmerica: Countries are changing all the time just look at Brazil, China, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Angola, India, Russia, and many others.
There are countries also that are returning to the stone-age such as Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, and many others.
***
Libertad: âHow can people stop work when they have to have income to live
and try to form what is necessary for change?
What is the process?â
***
SouthAmerica: Never before people had the tools for change as they have today, and today these tools are available to almost anyone: the internet and Wiki technology.
Combine that with some creativity and imagination and the sky is the limit.
***
Libertad: âIn every country that I have lived in,â
***
SouthAmerica: Which countries are you talking about?
Since describing that these countries had extreme corruption you are describing the majority of countries from around the world, including the United States.
***
Libertad: âThus the question remains, just how does any country effect change?.....â
***
SouthAmerica: People make things happen from native Indians in Peru selling their wares thru the internet, to innovative ways in India and in Brazil that open the doors of the internet to the poorest members of society.
***
Libertad: âIt is quite obvious already that the only thing changing in the US is the name of the President...and nothing else...â
***
SouthAmerica: The United States is a giant that is become obsolete very fast, and its leaders and the American population for that matter have not grasped that the United States is in implosion mode.
The rest of the world will catch up to the reality of what is happening in the United States, and eventually the rest of the world will stop feeding billions and billions of dollars year after year to keep this dying giant afloat.
Americans are in complete denial about what is happening around the world, and as creative destruction takes care of this massive global transformation, Americans are living more and more based on the glory days of the past and it becomes clear that the foundations of the country it has been built in quicksand.
The quicksand is the promises made in the past about benefits including health care benefits, pension and so on. Basically, American corporations canât keep the promises made in the past and they are not honoring these promises to retired people.
It is not only the companies that are getting in trouble here that are cutting drastically all these benefits now that they are coming due. The private equity firms, hedge funds, and many more suspects found a new way of making a quick buck by raiding companies and steal their pots of gold that these companies had created to met their future obligations. It is open season against any company who has set money aside to meet their future obligations regarding these promised benefits.
Basically the American system is being milked to the bone by a small number of people who are making more money than anyone could ever imagine.
Americans are becoming poorer by the day as they lose the benefits that they thought they had eraned over the years, and as the value of real estate implodes, and stock market values decline.
Besides the United States has been making a massive investment on its future to the tune of $ 4 trillion dollars for the 8 years of the Bush administration â investment in defense spending which will generate great returns in the future such as hyperinflation, and trillions more of extra expenses as a result of these various wars such as in Iraq, Afghanistan, and according to John McCain if he is elected president the US has many more wars to start in the coming years.
In the meantime, the other major countries of the world have been investing in infrastructure, education, and the technologies of the future.
Never mind that the United States will have 2 million more people per year on top of the cumulative number of people to pay for government entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. And in the coming years the government goes from having to pay all these entitlements from the current 40 million people over 65 years old to 56 to 60 million people by the end of the next president 8-year term.
The US dollar had a great ride since the end of WW II, but the free lunch is about to end as the US dollar lose its place as the major reserve currency around the world and in the process creating the biggest international monetary crisis the world ever saw.
To show how Americans are in complete denial at this major turning point in American history look at the major candidates who have the possibility of winning the presidential election in November 2008.
Americans at this important turning point and with a perfect storm just ahead they decide to make an experiment by electing the first woman, or the first black man as president, and the other major party has a Dinosaur as its candidate in McCain, a man with the mindset of the 1950âs.
I rest my case!
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