tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post114255122013195088..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: The U.S.- Where the Debt Just Keeps on Growin'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1148451949095139952006-05-23T23:25:00.000-07:002006-05-23T23:25:00.000-07:00I am on the same page as the last comment.Back to ...I am on the same page as the last comment.Back to my studies on consolidation debt query service.Thanks for your effort,<A HREF="http://www.debt-consolidationservices.com" REL="nofollow">consolidation debt query service</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1143967440651757452006-04-02T00:44:00.000-08:002006-04-02T00:44:00.000-08:00I have been following a site now for almost 2 year...I have been following a site now for almost 2 years and I have found it to be both reliable and profitable. They post daily and their stock trades have been beating<BR/>the indexes easily.<BR/><BR/>Take a look at Wallstreetwinnersonline.com<BR/><BR/>RickJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1143052104497764652006-03-22T10:28:00.000-08:002006-03-22T10:28:00.000-08:00The Democratic strategy for the fall should consis...The Democratic strategy for the fall should consist of variants on the following:<BR/><BR/>Fiscal discipline, my ass.<BR/> <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>// posted by<A><B> </B></A>LTGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1142751401029632472006-03-18T22:56:00.000-08:002006-03-18T22:56:00.000-08:00That is funny Numbat because you wrote: " . . .Con...That is funny Numbat because you wrote: " . . .Congress is spending by proportionally sizing the bubbles." and when I first read it very quickly, I thought you meant that Congress was strategically inflating price bubbles and then deflating them to prop the economy. Congress really couldn't do that, but Greenspan has been accused of just that. Now you are pointing out that this is what is happening down under. <BR/><BR/>I recently heard a MarketPlace interview with some idiot who was supposed to be a specialist in the real estate market. And he was asked by the interviewer why rents are creeping up. In fact, in my area, we are seeing rents for 1 and two bedroom apartments up $200- $300 a month over what they were last year. At the same time, there are more and more for sale signs going up. I'll give you three guesses about what he said?<BR/><BR/>1. The softening housing market to to increased interest rates? <BR/>Nope.<BR/><BR/>2. So many people, especially first time buyers, are priced out of the market and thus, they have to rent?<BR/><BR/>Nope<BR/><BR/>3. The fact that property investors have the charge higher rents to cover their mortgages, insurance costs, and property taxes?<BR/><BR/>Nope.<BR/><BR/>His enlightened response: "Immigration." There are so many new immigrants flooding into the country that they are snapping up all the rentals. That is what this dipshit said. And the thing that bugs me is that people like him get a national auidence and they say stupid shit like that and no one calls them on it. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>// posted by<A><B> </B></A>UNWestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1142729067740900662006-03-18T16:44:00.000-08:002006-03-18T16:44:00.000-08:00Check out the page (or the reference where I found...Check out the page (or the reference where I found it recently on <A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/16/visualize_taxes_a_gr.html" REL="nofollow">Boing Boing</A> ), as I think they are selling hard copies.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be rushing to Australia for cheap homes: current market is over 50% over valued due to the low interest rates and misguided prime minister propping up the market as a one-stop solution to getting a good economy. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>// posted by<A><B> </B></A>Numbat o' LoveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1142669446827241372006-03-18T00:10:00.000-08:002006-03-18T00:10:00.000-08:00Numbat, that is very cool. I wish I could get it a...Numbat, that is very cool. I wish I could get it as a poster for my wall. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>// posted by<A><B> </B></A>UNWestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1142656043730579192006-03-17T20:27:00.000-08:002006-03-17T20:27:00.000-08:00Times are bum and getting bummer, Still we have fu...Times are bum and getting bummer, <BR/>Still we have fun,<BR/>There's nothing surer, <BR/>The rich get rich and the poor get . . . children<BR/><BR/>Ain't We Got Fun? (1921)<BR/>Words by Gus Kahn & Raymond B. Egan <BR/><BR/>The AMT thing is seriously annoying. It's a part of the tax code that's long outlived its usefulness and is biting people who are trying to retire, send kids to college, and be the all-around good citizens the Bush administration supposedly wants to support. <BR/><BR/>As for the home-equity piggy bank, there have been nationwide downturns in housing markets in other First World countries. Australia, anyone? <BR/><BR/>-Seventh Sister  <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>// posted by<A><B> </B></A>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1142651070436980312006-03-17T19:04:00.000-08:002006-03-17T19:04:00.000-08:00The Citizens may be interested in the following ch...The Citizens may be interested in the following chart outlining US <A HREF="http://www.deviantart.com/view/9410862/" REL="nofollow">discretionary spending</A> . Supposedly this gives you idea of what Congress is spending by proportionally sizing the bubbles. Apologies if it has been seen before. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>// posted by<A><B> </B></A>Numbat o' LoveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-1142622679236407332006-03-17T11:11:00.000-08:002006-03-17T11:11:00.000-08:00Hear, hear, USWest! I have been harping on the de...Hear, hear, USWest! I have been harping on the debt for a while myself. I'm not surprised the Senate eventually voted to raise the debt ceiling, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it was 52-48... could it be that the politicians believe the mood of the country is turning against such massive debt?<BR/><BR/>$9 trillion. And to keep that in perspective, the latest figures show the GDP for the U.S. in 2005 was $12.76 trillion. In a recent report, <A HREF="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTESSDNETWORK/0,,contentMDK:20645168~menuPK:481167~pagePK:64159605~piPK:64157667~theSitePK:481161,00.html" REL="nofollow">Where is the Wealth of Nations?</A> (2005) the World Bank estimated that in 2000 the U.S. commanded a total wealth of $145 trillion. The breakdown is 3% natural resources (minerals, timber, cropland), 17% actual produced goods, and 80% was intangible capital (human capital, intellectual property, etc.) <BR/><BR/>And so, while U.S. West reports that the top tier of households control a greater and greater portion of our assets, about 20% of U.S. households have zero or negative wealth (debts outweigh assets). <BR/><BR/>"Everybody knows that the dice are loaded<BR/>Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed<BR/>Everybody knows that the war is over<BR/>Everybody knows the good guys lost<BR/>Everybody knows the fight was fixed<BR/>The poor stay poor, the rich get rich<BR/>That's how it goes.<BR/>Everybody knows"<BR/>-Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows"Dr. Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407042105777411150noreply@blogger.com