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US Economy in CRISIS! (pg. 24)
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| MarkT |
^^^ lame attitude that is the ruin of current society and the propogation of the "me, me and only me" generation.
who cares what happens in the future, we won't be here to deal with it!
:rolleyes:
back to the topic at hand.
We're witnessing another chapter of "The Decline of the American Empire".
The bankrupt U.S. is going to slowly be reduced to a 2nd tier nation with countries like China and India rising to power. Eventually, the U.S. will join the list of former super powers like Britain, Spain, France, etc.
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| elFreak |
| quote: | Originally posted by KaiLee
Ativan is an anti-anxiety medicine that is also used to impair short-term memory....forgetting their troubles the legal way I suppose? :p As for the anti-depression meds being weak comment that's not very nice Yohan! :whip: Those prescriptions could prevent a lot of people from killing themselves.
I'm wondering how many people are going to commit suicide in some Asian countries over this as suicide rate can be quite high especially when it comes to financial issues :(
In other news....Iceland is near bankruptcy how sad :( |
in yohan's country they do not commit suicide...they die by fan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
the real truth about fan death is that it is an excuse used so the family is not shamed by suicide.....sounds weak to me |
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| harcourt |
| The CDN dollar against the USD dropped quite a bit today. TD Canada Trust's rate is paying 1.1799. |
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| MarkT |
Picture on the Star's site under the heading "TSX closes above 9,000"
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
^^^ lame attitude that is the ruin of current society and the propogation of the "me, me and only me" generation.
who cares what happens in the future, we won't be here to deal with it!
:rolleyes:
back to the topic at hand.
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Harper HAS a green policy. I think it's a balance between the needs of now and the needs of future generations.
Dion is riding the green bandwagon and as the economic condition worsens it's becoming more and more of a burden on his campaign IMO. No one gives a about emissions when they can't afford to pay their mortgage. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
Wow. :rolleyes:
I for one can say that the Conservatives have lost my vote because of a lack of environmental policy. |
it's the reality, you might not like it.
Canadians are profoundly not environmentalist in reality, but they like to imagine themselves being so. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
seriously, who cares about the environment??
I mean, yes on paper people care about it, but don't do anything.
Harper is right on when he doesn't even bother with that "issue". |
Me! I care!
Anyways, the other thing that Harper lacks is a policy for university based scientific research. In the last 4 years, funding has diminished and researchers are told that they can do their research but they can't get any equipment to do that research. Some may thing that people just think new things up but you actually need equipment and personnel to do the experiments. Brain drain is caused exactly by this problem.
If I was a researcher and if I can get 1 million dollars to run my lab in the US why would I fight with other researchers in Canada for 100 thousand for the same work. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
Harper HAS a green policy. I think it's a balance between the needs of now and the needs of future generations.
Dion is riding the green bandwagon and as the economic condition worsens it's becoming more and more of a burden on his campaign IMO. No one gives a about emissions when they can't afford to pay their mortgage. |
that's fear-mongering, IMHO.
unless you're one of those who have lost their job in the manufacturing sector thanks to the current gov't (at various levels), the current "crisis" does not impact your ability to pay your mortgage, except for fuel prices.
rates are still at a low point (despite the banks erasing discounts, now adding premiums) to variable rate loans. Fixed rates are still below 6%. Your portfolio could have dropped 50% and your home could have lost 20%...that has NO bearing on your ability to pay your mortgage.
As for fuel prices...cry me a river. Live closer to where you work and shame on you for buying that SUV in the first place (yes, I'm exaggerating).
I'm sick of the comparisons to the U.S., because that's NOT happening here.
We're seeing panic selling and irresponsible behaviour all over hte market which is making matters worse.
Some have suggested halting trading (as they did after 9/11) to let people settle the down and stop contributing to the volatility. Not such a bad idea, perhaps? |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
that's fear-mongering, IMHO. |
Did you seriously just call concern over the very real U.S. economic crisis fear-mongering, while suggesting that abject terror over perfectly safe carbon dioxide is not? |
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| Dave Akermanis |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
perfectly safe carbon dioxide |
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: , give it a rest already. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dave Akermanis
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: , give it a rest already. |
Give what a rest? Crippling economic productivity on the basis of speculation and misinformation spread by anti-corporate hippies is idiotic, and the longer this climate change gets carried on while actual research is being done and telling us the exact opposite, the more I find that I'm not alone in believing this.
The whole idea of an "environmental policy" is nonsense. That's not a function of the government. |
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| Dave Akermanis |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Give what a rest? Crippling economic productivity on the basis of speculation and misinformation spread by anti-corporate hippies is idiotic, and the longer this climate change gets carried on while actual research is being done and telling us the exact opposite, the more I find that I'm not alone in believing this.
The whole idea of an "environmental policy" is nonsense. That's not a function of the government. |
sorry... you're blaming the current fiscal situation on environmental policy? Who's misinformed now? |
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