http://keepamericaatwork.com/?p=5276
On 3/27/2010 12:43 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > >> Leland, if memory serves me correct, you are a cpa which means you >> understand numbers. >> I would like for you to go to wikipedia and get a list of the top 25 >> countries by GDP. >> Then go to wikipedia and get the population for these 25 countries. >> >> Then divide their GDP by their population and you will get a purchasing >> power per person. >> >> Now you are familiar with the concept of trickle down. >> >> > Yes, a concept wielded at the end of the '70s by the "Chicago boys" > (i.e. economists from the Univ. of Chicago). Has been proven wrong once > and again in every country where it was used to justify certain economic > practices. > > >> As you will see by your numbers, America has the greatest number and >> china and india are way down on the totem pole >> >> Now if you take a look at the American GDP, you will find that 70% of it >> is purchased by the American consumer, not by the government, nor by >> business and if you will look at an article I wrote about the GDP awhile >> back at kaaw you will find that the total exports of America only >> amounts to 11% of the GDP here in America. >> >> > Mmm.... I'm disoriented, please explain : if you consume 70% of your GDP > and export 11% of your GDP, what the hell do you do with the remaining > 19%? Burn it? > > >> In other words, the customers for our American corporations are Americans. >> >> > Really? A corporation registered in USA but with Japanese owners, would > it count as an US corporation to you? A USA corporation whose complete > workforce is in India, is it US corporation to you? > Virg, I'm just doing what you told me to do.... THINK. And you are not > making much sense. > > >> Now I'm going to ask you and everybody else to forget about the >> brainwashing in your brain that only people with college degrees can think. >> you have a brain. >> Use it and THINK. >> >> So tell me, if the corporations in America are putting Americans out of >> work totally, or in my case reducing their income to 1/3rd of what they >> used to make, what do you think this will do to the economy of the world? >> >> > Well, all that work will go to India and Indian's quality of life will > go up for starters. BTW, what is the relation you find between this last > paragraph and your previous paragraphs ranting about GDP? Your reasoning > line is kind of obscure to me. > > >> Bob is wrong on one thing as it is not the president, it is the >> corporations, made up of people like you and me that are doing this to >> ourselves.. >> >> > Because.... they are directed by fools, these corporations. They can't > see what is so obvious to a superior mind like yours. As you say "the > customers for our American corporations are Americans", and they are > taking the money out of the US people so that they cannot buy their > goods. They are suicidal fools. I can't see why the share holders don't > fire them and hire YOU. > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
