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Originally Posted by wheresmy50
I completely agree that people are more concerned about American Idol than the next president, the war on terror, and the economy combined. I also think that people need to hold their chin up and realize the economy is supposed to go through peaks and troughs.
I'm sick of everyone ragging on America - how everything is soo bad, our president is soo bad, the war is soo bad, and the economy is soo bad. We are simultaneously the richest and least happy society on the planet. Guys take a friggin anti-depressant then get in their BMW and go to work. Suck it the eff up. People in Africa are getting tourtured and killed by the truckload, and we're worried about 5% unemployment. Worst healtcare in the world now too - thanks for waving the flag yet again CNN. How about another story on the 10 easiest ways to attack the US? If I ever read a news story about how great America is I think I'll have a heart attack.
So we may have a recession in '08 - we will be better for it in the long run. We've all lived through recessions before, and this won't be the last. Maybe people will think twice before buying a house that will cost more they can afford, maybe they will start making coffee agian, maybe people will rediscover tap water. Maybe the lessons learned will actually make the economy stronger in 5 years.
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we may be the richest country, but but the way I see it, most americans are getting poorer at every turn..higher living expenses equal smaller savings. The president is bad and the war right now that is costing us billions of dollars daily is all based on a series of fabricated lies to coerce americans by scare tactics that we had to go in there.. The contracors and corperations who are making those billions of dollars are mighty happy. Durring the years that Bush has served in office each and every american citizen has been givin aprox 30,000 in national debt, while he slashed taxes to the rich..
yeah, Id say things suck right now. The people that i notice who are saying things are good are 'the rich', 'the religious' and frankly 'the ignorant'
I knew this country was screwed when i watched Bush give a talk to a Ford assembly plant full of workers. he was quesitoned why america was so pro-active on exporting manufacturing to china and Bush piped up saying he was 'working on that' and that it is clear that 'we have to make it better to 'do business in america'. The whole plant went wild with applause.. these people were aplauding the very reason that they are loosing thier jobs.. doing business better means higher profits and higher profits mean finding the cheaper labor.. China.
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