but, besides oil (which we could arguably attain in AK), what COULDNT we produce for ourselves, by ourselves, and use our dollars here, close up shop at the borders, and become isolationists?
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our standard of living is guaranteed by the cooperation of other > nations - China, Japan, the EU, etc. As soon as they stop buying US > bonds, the dollar goes to sh!t, and we're suddenly living in a nation > of tens of millions of desperately poor people. There is no money. We > are no longer a wealthy society. Value is being extracted from the > middle class using a suction pump and fire hoses. Get your head around > the facts. > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:13 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The US has a gigantic middle class who are living quite comfortably. >> >> It's one thing if you have a few wealthy, and everyone else is poor...it's >> quite another if you have a huge middle class, from which they see that even >> more wealth is attainable, and yet they are happy and sustained at their >> current level. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336097 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
