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Your culture is unsustainable. Your consumption pattern leaves little for the rest of the world who, thanks to BRIC, is being developed at a rapid pace, much to your detriment.
The American dollar is becoming increasingly marginalized on the world market. You have no light sweet crude oil, which your country deeply relies on for economic growth, and is responsible for the majority of growth that your country has seen since the 1970s.
Your debt continues to grow at a rapid pace, and before long it will represent a significant portion of global GDP. Who will continue to fund your debt? 1/3 of it is held by foreigners, and there are only about 15-20 countries capable of purchasing your treasuries. Europe has their own problems and cannot afford to purchase your debt. China and the other members of BRIC will not continue to purchase your debt. Japan has to worry about its own economic problems.
Perhaps, you could fund it internally, but your cities and states are broke, your pension funds have $600 billion in unfunded liabilities, and Americans are in debt to their eyeballs and will not pay for your treasuries.
So who will fund your spending spree?
Additionally, dendrochronology suggests you will experience a SEVERE drought that will last 9 years. The drought will arrive next year or the year after if history repeats itself, and considering it has for as long as records exist, it is likely the cycle will continue.
What does this mean? It means the price of your corn will sky rocket, and everything related to corn, including gasoline.
Businesses will go out of business, and they will not have the money to purchase from your business, which means your business will go out of business.
Your idiot politicians propose programs that are not investments, but frivolous spending that do not benefit anyone, and only serve to further increase your debt. You cannot afford your new healthcare program, as it was written by the AHA which illegally colludes to fix prices. Even the board of trustees said, "unprecedented changes" would have to take place for this program to be economically feasible.
It is not. And your economy will suffer, especially considering the employment laws being implemented with it. Now those that work over 30 hours will work no more than 29.5 hours and will be forced to find another part time job, which you can add to your "employment record."
Yet, despite all of this, most of it, blindingly obvious, you continue to demand more. Your workers want more pay increases. None of you seem to understand implications of all your problems.
Your society, instead of discussing solutions to help mitigate problems in your economy, like INVESTING government funds instead of spending, like converting your freight to rail for instance, you discuss trivial matters.
Will any of you care about your GOSSIP when you cannot afford the payment on your mortgage and you are forced to cut your cable and eat cardboard and mud in your cars?
And your culture is morally bankrupt. You want more and more and more. When does this insatiable greed stop? You complain about the rich, when many of you already have two vehicles, a place to live, and plenty of food. How much more do you want?
Shouldn't it be the dream of every man and woman to have a small residence, non-petroleum based food, and a way to support your family, even if only one person can work? What more do you want? Why do you need a McMansion? Why do you need designer clothing? Why do you need flat screen TVs and brand new furniture and luxury cars?
You don't. Some countries don't even have running water, thanks in large part to your foreign policy, which allowed your deviant behavior to exist at the detriment to others. And it's not something that was hidden, you were all aware of it, yet you continue to be greedy.
Your culture is morally bankrupt. But nobody seems to get it.
So, Americans must be stupid. I don't know what else it could be. You got to be the dumbest people on this planet.
I really hope that Americans can learn to change before the rest of the world decides to change things for us. This is the direction you are trekking. You are putting every American at risk because of your attitude. Your children and your children's children are at risk.
We split the Atom, landed on the moon, and invented the internet....what has your nation done?
and how is it OUR foreign policy? I have less then nothing to do with any federal policies.
It will be like zombie land, but this time the zombies can think and strategize ways to kill you.
Not much different from the politicians (in the pockets of corporations) who strategize wars for profit. Any person that willingly exchanges lives for profit is evil.
we are dumb. we elected bush and obama...............................twice.
There is truth in this!!
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Just ask these *******s.
Yes quite a lot!!!!!!!!
