Jun 9 2013: If I had 50 billion dollars what global problem would I solve first? None. Money cannot solve problems. The intelligent use of money solves problems, maybe. I do not possess such knowledge alone.
Mar 28 2013: Yes,Yes,Yes. I recently had a spell of what the doctors call numbness (I said it was tingly, the going to sleep feeling) that came and went in a matter of minutes over a three day period. Upon going to the doctor it was declared I was having a stroke. CT scans, multiple, and MRI's and sonograms and many other test showed nothing was wrong. No one ever asked about what foods, activities, or drug changes I might have experienced. The almighty machines ruled even though they could find nothing. I immediately made some life style changes and the problem ceased. I really don't know if the doc's were right or wrong, but their dependence on technology did not help them and they have not yet come up with a theory.
Mar 7 2013: Here is a fantasy for you, but what if?
The only way to keep manufacturing in this country is to make it economically sensible for them to do so. One option is punitive tariffs. Another is to have all currency be balanced.
If it cost the Mexican worker the same for rent as it cost me, if it cost them the same for a pound of rice as it cost me, then They would not be able to live off $1.57 an hour for labor. Manufacturers world wide would have to pay the same labor cost no matter where their facilities were located. And maybe even some foreign workers would make enough money to buy something that I might make here in America. Could this even lead to a balance of trade?
I'm not asking you to take this seriously, But along the lines of the Governor "What if?' .
Mar 7 2013: Well Madeline I guess the global markets will have to sell their products to some one else. For about a hundred years we bought things to use that were made here. That is how this country was built. Then the rest of the world became to rely on us to supply their need. Now we have foolishly come to rely on them at the cost of our jobs. We should mainly supply for ourselves first and they should mainly support themselves.
I'm sorry but the third world has always been the third world because of the greed and corruption of it's leaders and the uneducated people. It is evident that we are becoming more like them every day. Why are we trying to grant more visas for foreign educated engineers to come here? Because like the foreign worker who comes here to do the jobs Americans won't, we need them because now Americans won't even get the necessary educations to keep us self supporting. However in our case laziness is fueling our uneducated masses even when so many are going to college.
Jan 20 2013: Good change can only be achieved by the powerful. The only change I can make will only make matters worse. Could I be happy as a street person? Maybe.
Jan 8 2013: Yes. At 58 I've realized my full potential. It is to sacrifice my life for a pay check that keeps a roof over my head and food in the kitchen. All this so I can sleep the night and eat so that the next day I can go to work and continue sacrificing my life so others can go to Hawaii every year and drive fancy cars and have health care and retirement accounts.
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The only way to keep manufacturing in this country is to make it economically sensible for them to do so. One option is punitive tariffs. Another is to have all currency be balanced.
If it cost the Mexican worker the same for rent as it cost me, if it cost them the same for a pound of rice as it cost me, then They would not be able to live off $1.57 an hour for labor. Manufacturers world wide would have to pay the same labor cost no matter where their facilities were located. And maybe even some foreign workers would make enough money to buy something that I might make here in America. Could this even lead to a balance of trade?
I'm not asking you to take this seriously, But along the lines of the Governor "What if?' .
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I'm sorry but the third world has always been the third world because of the greed and corruption of it's leaders and the uneducated people. It is evident that we are becoming more like them every day. Why are we trying to grant more visas for foreign educated engineers to come here? Because like the foreign worker who comes here to do the jobs Americans won't, we need them because now Americans won't even get the necessary educations to keep us self supporting. However in our case laziness is fueling our uneducated masses even when so many are going to college.
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