Re: Austerity

2012-12-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 12/17/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-17, 13:08:33 Subject: Re: Austerity On 12/17/2012 6:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Ban

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread meekerdb
On 12/17/2012 2:13 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: On 12/17/2012 2:30 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2012 10:14 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: In addition the United States has been borrowing from what we own. Our indebtedness to ourselves from borrowing from the Social Security Fund that was set up in Re

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Stephen P. King
On 12/17/2012 2:30 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2012 10:14 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: In addition the United States has been borrowing from what we own. Our indebtedness to ourselves from borrowing from the Social Security Fund that was set up in Reagan's Administration is double our indebtednes

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread meekerdb
On 12/17/2012 11:53 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:30 PM, meekerdb wrote: On 12/17/2012 10:14 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: In addition the United States has been borrowing from what we own. Our indebtedness to ourselves from borrowing from the Social Security Fund that was

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:30 PM, meekerdb wrote: > On 12/17/2012 10:14 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: > > In addition the United States has been borrowing from what we own. Our > indebtedness to ourselves from borrowing from the Social Security Fund > that was set up in Reagan's Administration is doub

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread meekerdb
d." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - *From:* meekerdb <mailto:meeke...@verizon.net> *Receiver:* everything-list <mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com> *Time:* 2012-12-17, 13:08:33 *Subject:* Re: Austerity On 12/17/2012 6:14 AM, Craig W

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread meekerdb
On 12/17/2012 10:14 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: In addition the United States has been borrowing from what we own. Our indebtedness to ourselves from borrowing from the Social Security Fund that was set up in Reagan's Administration is double our indebtedness to China for example. My perspective i

Re: Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Roger Clough
Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-12-17, 13:08:33 Subject: Re: Austerity On 12/17/2012 6:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Bankruptcy is the condition of owing more than you own. I think that in the position the US is in, Not even close. The reason other nations keep buying U.S. bonds at rat

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Richard Ruquist
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:08 PM, meekerdb wrote: > On 12/17/2012 6:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Bankruptcy is the condition of owing more than you own. I think that in the > position the US is in, > > > Not even close. The reason other nations keep buying U.S. bonds at rates so > low they are

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, December 17, 2012 1:08:33 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 12/17/2012 6:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > Bankruptcy is the condition of owing more than you own. I think that in > the position the US is in, > > > Not even close. The reason other nations keep buying U.S. bonds at rates

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread meekerdb
On 12/17/2012 6:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Bankruptcy is the condition of owing more than you own. I think that in the position the US is in, Not even close. The reason other nations keep buying U.S. bonds at rates so low they are essentially below inflation is that they see that the U.S. h

Re: Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
dia/en/timeline/76993865824def4a4d61875fdfb45e42.png Craig [Roger Clough], [rcl...@verizon.net] 12/17/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - *From:* Craig Weinberg *Receiver:* everything-list *Time:* 2012-12-17, 09:14:49

Re: Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Roger Clough
-17, 09:14:49 Subject: Re: Austerity Bankruptcy is the condition of owing more than you own. I think that in the position the US is in, as the sole world superpower (by virtue of it's military stranglehold and commercial leverage), the end game being pursued here is that there are no longe

Re: Austerity

2012-12-17 Thread Craig Weinberg
Bankruptcy is the condition of owing more than you own. I think that in the position the US is in, as the sole world superpower (by virtue of it's military stranglehold and commercial leverage), the end game being pursued here is that there are no longer any rules for us. Nobody can stop us from