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Old 03-25-2010, 07:52 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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So..I've considered us in a depression for some time now. Anyone else admitting it before the government does ?
Naah... just a mental recession.
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Old 03-25-2010, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Naah... just a mental recession.
Yep, I agree. The mental recession occurred on November 4, 2008. The IQ nationwide dropped significantly at this time.
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Old 03-25-2010, 07:57 PM
 
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Let's default on the war payments and let China have it for what we owe them.
China doesn't want the dollars they have invested. If they had something to do with them, they would have done it. They invest their surplus dollar holdings for safekeeping while hoping to earn a competitive rate of return. Have you ever heard of a local bank president driving all over town giving cash back to all the people who had bought their CD's as a way to reduce debt??? No??? What do you suppose would account for that???
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Old 03-25-2010, 08:02 PM
 
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Yep, I agree. The mental recession occurred on November 4, 2008. The IQ nationwide dropped significantly at this time.
Thank God Beck and Bachmann and Palin and the intellectual elites of the Tea Party movement are trying set things right.
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Old 03-25-2010, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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You following fox news tactics? Polls that come in combined 120% hahahaha
How about a .gov site ?

BEA: News Release: State Personal Income 2009
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Old 03-25-2010, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Now here's a question to ponder...if incomes are down how the heck is savings up ?
And that (savings up) coming from the same agency..BEA.
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Old 03-25-2010, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Now here's a question to ponder...if incomes are down how the heck is savings up ?
And that (savings up) coming from the same agency..BEA.
People aren't spending, they are socking away whatever income they have.
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Old 03-25-2010, 09:55 PM
 
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Now here's a question to ponder...if incomes are down how the heck is savings up ?
And that (savings up) coming from the same agency..BEA.
I think it's because under this administration, the middle class is getting poorer but the rich are getting richer. They have more to save because the cheap labor from exported jobs and imported cheap workers is benefitting a few very nicely.
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Old 03-25-2010, 10:12 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Thank God Beck and Bachmann and Palin and the intellectual elites of the Tea Party movement are trying set things right.
who, who, and who?
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Old 03-25-2010, 10:13 PM
 
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Real wages have been dropping since 1972.

http://www.workinglife.org/wiki/Wages+and+Benefits:+Real+Wages+(1964-2004 (broken link))
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