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How many folks here think the wheels are gonna fall off?
As a country with the elite in charge, making bad laws, promising things they know they can't deliver, and the erosion of our freedoms. What say ye??? I think Detroit is just a microcosm of things to come, and when the wheels fall all the way off the cart, who knows what's in store. People are not going to take what is being dished out for very much longer. When it boils down to it, I am pretty pessimistic about our future as a country. JoeCoool, please don't respond......I'm pretty sure you live on Fantasy Island.
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I think that you are correct in that the country is in dire straits. We have a permanent 47% of society that does not work, does not want to work, and believes that it is entitled to free food, housing, and cell phone service.
When those that are currently working decide to retire and the tax base goes down then it will be interesting to see how our elected "leaders and betters" will handle the situation. Today, the cure is to sell more bonds to anyone who is credulous enough to buy them knowing that we probably will not be able to redeem them. The difference between Detroit (today) and the United States (in 10 to 15 years) is that there is no Federal Bankruptcy Court for the entire country. |
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Which is why we need repudiate all public debt.....
cancel the currency, refuse to pay any charges to any overseas entity..... grab the gold bullion in the vaults, credit USA treasury, no matter WHO supposedly owns it...issue new currency, enact a flat/fiar 999 tax code, and eliminate about 500 federal departments of redunduncy depts////// |
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Don't blame it all on the left. Those "Republicans" in office have found more ways to piss away money than most of us can think off.
We have been headed for a fall for decades. We got fat, dumb and happy after WWII and did not realize we were living in a a bubble and that when you reward failure, either personal or business, you get more failure. Add to that the constant "I want my government to do something for me" attitude and we are on a long, slow trajectory to the dust bin of history. |
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As for "I want my government to do something for me" I want it to get the h*ll out of my life and stay the h*ll out! |
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Yes. No other conclusion.
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Take a read on this article:
Exclusive: 4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work Exclusive: Working-class whites are gloomy about future amid rising income gaps, racial shifts Quote:
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The sad part is the number of single mothers out there. We have to stop paying people who do stupid things. |
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I have said that many times also, it’s not a question of if it’s when. This one due to technology and modern weapons/ transportation is going to make the first one appear more like a Boy Scout jamboree. The first one had basically two sides going at it, the potential this time will be a lot more factions joining the conflict for many different reasons! |
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I have said that many times also, it’s not a question of if, it’s when. This one due to technology and modern weapons/ transportation is going to make the first one (civil war) appear more like a Boy Scout jamboree. The first one had basically two sides going at it, the potential this time will be a lot more factions joining the conflict for many different reasons
That is what I find scary. We are so divisive as a country thanks to TPTB, it is liable to be a free for all. Our current administration has done the worst job in so far as race relations since pre civil war times. I think it will get ugly, and get there quick. For my children's sake, I hope not, but all the signs don't point that way. I wonder what the catalyst will be that sets it all off. It's a damn shame that we have let politicians get away with what they have for so long. We are long overdue for a reset and hopefully most of us are at least semi prepared. I feel like I have worked hard for what I have and have provided for my family and all I want is for my children to have opportunities that we have enjoyed. However, if you look at certain parts of the world, and well Detroit included, it doesn't look good. Digital money pumped into banks will only keep us afloat for a short period of time before we crash. I promise that I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but reality is a real kick in the shorts. |
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I think it's possible, but then again never underestimate the ability of the majority to just take it while saying they don't want to get involved.
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America will not have an armed revolution. We will fade away whimpering like Rome did.
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The left fail to look at history. What happened after Rome was the rise of the City states. True Dynasty's of raw power fueled by business and given cover by the Church.
They put those Multicultualists, Welfare recipients and non producers into slavery or just killed them. If we go the other way toward a more socialistic stage before the collapse the "True believers" of Social justice and fair play will be lined up against the wall and shot. Pragmatist always win over head up their ass liberal socialists. After some time it will degrade into a structure very similar to the Holy Roman empire or the Modern Russia. Run by the Oligarchies and big corporations with violence and bribery as the norm. |
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It's quite clear to me that the left here in America is 100% OK with a fascist regime, as long as it's their fascist running things.
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I don't think it's imminent. I'm sure lots of people were saying this during Carter...then came Reagen, and it got fixed...for a while.
But in fifty years? Maybe. For those that care, most Biblical scholars say there's no US in the end of times prophesy. So eventually, we go away. Last edited by Craig; 08-02-2013 at 9:57pm. |
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We've been through worse. Don't give up on the country just yet.
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