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Re: A Few Questions for Americans

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Oct 11, 2009, 1:19:13 PM10/11/09
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On Oct 9, 9:28 pm, Immortalist <reanimater_2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Did you really believe that you could live, in the long term, on
> borrowed money?
>
> Who actually claimed that such a large nation doesn't need an
> industrial base?
>
> Where are the men and women who made us believe that a negative
> balance of trade is a sign of strength?
>
> Why did no one on Wall Street sound the alarm bell when the U.S.
> dollar became eroded and lost intrinsic value for such a prolonged
> period of time?
>
> Is it possible that no one could have noticed a country that was once
> the world's biggest lender selling off its assets to others?
>
> How could the entrenchment of economic inequality in a democratic
> nation have been tolerated for so long?
>
> What happened to the upward mobility that was once this country's
> trademark?
>
> And, last but not least: why did democracy, which is supposed to react
> more quickly to malfunctions than other forms of government, fail so
> miserably?
>
> The War for Wealth: The True Story of
> Globalization, or Why the Flat World
> is Broken by Gabor Steingarthttp://www.amazon.com/War-Wealth-Story-Globalization-Broken/dp/007154...

Interesting times ahead, keep plenty of cash on hand.

tt

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