Doug,
It will be hard times for US, but I do not belive on the nuclear option. It is nothing that really can be taken and as we see in Iraq, it is very difficult to collect on resources. The Americans will not allow for a draft and the considerable resources needed for any effective occupation of anyone. I hope and belive that it will be new elections and Bush cannot stay on anyway. By then it will be a higher degree of awareness with the American people, that they are in deep sh-t. Hopefully a suitable leader will emerge. At the end I do have a strong belive in the American people and their basic goodness. We are maybe lucky, in the fact that US no longer have an adversarial to blame and hate. Hakan At 08:59 17/08/2005, you wrote:
Hakan, I think the $ slide is well overdue: how else are we (as in the rest of the world) to rein in the misuse of resources in the US? My only real fear is that the US will use all its nuclear weapons to take what it needs to stay afloat... regards Doug On Wednesday 17 August 2005 7:32, Hakan Falk wrote: > Tim, > > Please try to research the subject a bit more and you will find > that apart of being quite unwilling to give foreign aid at others > level, it is used for political ends and corporate profits. > > Regarding US financial situation, Clinton actually did a great > job to create a fiscally sound foundation, to deal with the US > deficits. That work is gone now and US has never been in a > worse situation. If it were any other country in the world, it > would be declared in bankruptcy and it is only able to continue, > because the disastrous world wide implications of such a move. > > Since Bush is not doing anything about it and his best advisers > left him due to the inaction, nobody knows where it will end. The > heavy slide of the dollar is a result of inaction, not a thoughtful > financial policy. It is actually so bad that responsible American > economists do not want to debate, afraid of trigger a run on the > US economy. They do not see that it already begun, with major > countries unloading their dollars. > > Anyway, this is not fun to talk about and pointless, since nobody > is going to do something about it yet. > > Hakan > > At 21:00 16/08/2005, you wrote: > >Hakan, > > > >It really amounts to aid with no strings attached. But even then there > >must be measures put in place to ensure accountability such as progress > >reports, inspections, etc. > > > >In an indirect way, when the US imports goods and services that > >translates into foreign aid. The US has a huge trade imbalance. The US > >also has considerable foreign direct investment in PP&E that has got to > >help the local economy. This may sound snippy but I suppose much of > >this activity can be interpreted as exploitation. > > > >Tim Schlueter > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hakan Falk > >Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:40 PM > >To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >Subject: RE: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country > > > > > >Tim, > > > >Nothing really, neither size or methods, but it > >is a matter of using foreign aid as a part of > >foreign policies and control. US is mixing their > >foreign policy goals and corporate profits, with > >the way to distribute foreign aid. > > > >1. US is selective and set the rules for their > >foreign aid, as an instrument to enhance their > >foreign policy goals. The countries I mentioned > >refrain from mixing foreign policy goals and only look at the needs. > > > >2. US is demanding that the money is spent with > >US companies and it is only if there are no US > >suppliers available, that the money can be spent > >somewhere else. This means that they short > >circuit any true bidding process, with lowest > >price and suitability as parameters. The > >countries that I mentioned, allow for an > >efficient purchasing process, with > >price/performance as the only measurement. This > >often means "more for the money". > > > >Sometimes and for unique needs, all the countries > >will directly deliver produce as aid. The over > >riding factor should always be what is best for > >the recipient and not the convenience of the > >donor or donor related corporations.
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