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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 16 2010, 05:27 PM (363 Views) | |
| Jolly | Aug 16 2010, 05:27 PM Post #1 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2010/08/worst-case-scenario.html |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 16 2010, 05:41 PM Post #2 |
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MAMIL
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That's not a worst-case scenario. Worst case scenario is the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva tears open a hole in the space-time continuum and the entire solar system is engulfed in the black hole that forms in what was once a Swiss bank. Alternatively, getting caught wearing women's underwear by a co-worker is also pretty bad. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Axtremus | Aug 16 2010, 08:00 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The Obama, Reid, and Pelosi triumvirate got re-elected. |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 17 2010, 12:40 AM Post #4 |
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Cheers
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I couldn't get beyond the first paragraph, where he presents it as axiom that economies that use paper money must fail. |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 17 2010, 03:17 AM Post #5 |
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The thing that gets me about all these doom predictions is the obvious joy which the predictions bring the writers. Don't they realise they'll likely be first up against the wall? (Egon von Greyerz, of course, runs a company that specialises in investing in gold.) |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Kincaid | Aug 17 2010, 07:53 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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If you think the world is headed for economic apocalypse, don't buy gold, buy guns. And stock up on stuff. Or follow lb's model and get self-sufficient. Hopefully on a large acreage. With the residence set on a high point overlooking the land. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| JBryan | Aug 17 2010, 07:57 AM Post #7 |
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I am the grey one
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With concertina wire all around. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 17 2010, 08:00 AM Post #8 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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And a manual pump well. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Jolly | Aug 17 2010, 08:07 AM Post #9 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Won't work. You'll be hit by a marauding band and be defeated. The village model will probably be best, where families or friends band together. |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Piano*Dad | Aug 17 2010, 08:17 AM Post #10 |
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Bull-Carp
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Yeah, I would probably stop there too. |
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| Jolly | Aug 17 2010, 08:46 AM Post #11 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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You know much better than I, but isn't fiat money a relatively new system? |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 17 2010, 08:48 AM Post #12 |
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And some slaves. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Jeff | Aug 17 2010, 02:30 PM Post #13 |
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Senior Carp
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So is the domestication of agriculture and a written language. |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 17 2010, 02:59 PM Post #14 |
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MAMIL
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I blame electricity. If it wasn't for electricity we wouldn't know how bad it was. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| Jolly | Aug 17 2010, 04:49 PM Post #15 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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In the U.S., fiat money did not appear as a national currency until after the Civil War. And even then, money reverted back to a precious metal standard. I'm not sure, but I think we had agriculture and a written language down before that, |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 17 2010, 04:51 PM Post #16 |
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Cheers
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We had paper currency from (just about) the beginning of the republic, Jolly. Certainly longer than we've had electricity or trains. |
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| Jolly | Aug 17 2010, 04:52 PM Post #17 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Individual banks, yes. But did we have a national fiat currency before the civil war (coming from somebody old enough to remember using silver certificates)? |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 17 2010, 04:54 PM Post #18 |
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Cheers
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote#Banknotes_in_the_United_States |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 17 2010, 04:57 PM Post #19 |
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Cheers
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But that's what we're talking about, and that's what your article discussed. Oh and two of those 'individual banks' we're chartered by congress and the president. Those would be the Bank of the United States and the Second Bank of the United States. |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 17 2010, 06:20 PM Post #20 |
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MAMIL
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Why do so many people seem to think the 19th Century was so great? It freaking sucked, if you ask me. |
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| Piano*Dad | Aug 17 2010, 06:21 PM Post #21 |
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Bull-Carp
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Personal experience? |
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