"Right-wing nutters in the US threaten world economy."

[hey101]

Regardless he's still eminently more qualified than you.

[Radek]

Yes, yes. And why is America a consumer nation? Because it doesn't invest in capital gooRAB which are pretty much the only way to actually make stuff... you know, like what successful countries like Germany and Switzerland do. It's a bubble economy based off taking loans from nations that produce stuff and redistributing it around.

Good idea. Rather than encourage a shift to a more reasonable economic model, you should encourage Shaquanda to buy rims rather than give Dow Chemical a tax break to build a plant making chemicals in America. Nevermind that the rims were probably sold in Wal-Mart and were made in China and that Dow Chemical's investment in capital gooRAB is better in the long run. No. All consumption on anything is a same.

So the rim companies go bust, but Americans who aren't worthless get money to save, which increases available capital. Savings are good too you know... countries which have economies right now which don't suck were the ones with high savings rates (Germany, Switzerland, the NetherlanRAB.) Bubble service economy is better, obviously.

[girlfuckedup]

To do what? Talk about expanding the American Debt Ceiling?

Sorry, but that Brit can go fuck off. Maybe he should worry about his own fucking country, and how it's become, because of fucking Liberals like him, nothing more than Germany without having to speak German.

[Emmα :)]

Who said anything about agreeing with him?

The point is that the man is clearly qualified to comment.

That you rednecks got all pussyhurt because someone from overseas, clearly vastly more qualified in matters of economics than yourselves, was critical of your views says more about your argument than it does mine.

Oh and I'd love to know what "credentials" someone like Anti-Liberal has - something he's so far neglected to elaborate on.

[sosume41]

That is exactly the way he and other typical leftists think. The government by default has the first claim on everyone's income. After that, whatever they generously decide to let you keep is what you get to keep.

Hand in hand with that is their ability to decide for people who make a lot of money how much is "enough" and what they can "afford".

[hey =)]

For what it's worth i agree with you. But how are we to encourage manufacturing to come back here when peasants in China will work for a quarter an hour? Tax breaks? LAWL.

We are a consumer economy. The only way we make money is if people continue to consume - and that includes Rashawnda and her 22s. America is toast. The only decision we have is whether to let it peter out over 100 years, or pull the plug and take away any hope for our children's futures.