What happened to all of the doom and gloom economic threads?

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Yeah, it was good cheer that prompted your original post and we can see the laughter dripping from your posts.


You ain't foolin' no one son...

It's not my fault that you see everyone as petty, vindictive, and outraged as you seem to be.

You should lighten up. I know.. It's not your fault that "Conservatives" have little in the way of a sense of humor.

Maybe see if you can get that meat packing job back that you still seem so angered over losing to "Messicans" that would work cheaper than you would. A good day's work, rather than sitting around nursing a bottle or three, will do wonders for your sullen attitude.

See? Funny.. You actually doing something other than sitting around bitching..

Hell I've already hit the gym for 2 hours, had breakfast, cleaned the kitchen, and started on my laundry. Once Reci wakes up (I told her to sleep in and I would get the kiddo off to school) we're off to Home Depot for supplies for my weekly project and then grocery shopping.

I'll wager you'll still be wasting the day posting the opinions of others by the time I get back home.

It's time to get some stuff done. Have fun playing e-warrior.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

As long as they run the printing presses, there will be plenty of wallpaper for everyone...




Hey, U_D, give us a few more months and we'll SHOW YOU the inflation.

You'll find that funny as hell too...

You should make up your mind.. Is it inflation or deflation? Your opinion seems to shift with whoever you happened to read last that you choose to believe.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Again, if you had bothered to read WITH comprehension and not that smug know-it-all pseudo-superiority complex...





What's her name? The new honey...

I've seen this pattern MANY times as an instructor. Guys don't work on them for the one in the hand, their eye is always on the bush...

 

[unregistered]

 

[trysail]

The U.S. is well on the way to becoming a "banana republic."

That may sound humorous to those who have never experienced it and those who are unschooled in economics but you are going to discover ( the hard way, of course ) that it's really not all that much fun.

... the Fed is determined to raise inflation and inflationary expectations, it clearly can do so. It all comes down to how fast it wants to run the printing presses. Equally obvious, there are risks to this strategy. Once business activity accelerates and monetary velocity increases, the key risk is that inflation will rage out of control before the Fed can withdraw excess liquidity. The track record of the Fed in that regard post-World War II is poor. But in the short run, we are looking at very concentrated efforts to (1) lift growth, (2) lift inflation, and increase monetary liquidity. That combination is almost always good for stocks.

The losers are savers, those of us who put money in the bank hoping to earn a decent and safe return. What the Fed is doing is a form of price fixing and, as always, when prices are fixed by the government, there are undesirable and unintended consequences. I have noted before that there is $10+ trillion in cash and equivalents sloshing around in our economic realm. There is also roughly $10 trillion in Federal debt, excluding what the government itself owns. By forcing interest rates 2-3 percentage points below what they might be under normal market forces, the Fed in effect is taxing savers $200-300 billion and creating an offsetting savings for the Federal government. The effect is virtually identical to what would occur if the government allowed interest rates to seek their own level, but then proceeded to put a 100% tax on income from short term government bonds. If that sounds rather absurd, it is, but that is exactly the unintended consequence of monetary easing. The government wants to force people and businesses to borrow and spend rather than to save. Zero interest rates, an artificial rate, are the mechanism and zero income is the result.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Again, if you had bothered to read WITH comprehension and not that smug know-it-all pseudo-superiority complex...


What's her name? The new honey...

I've seen this pattern MANY times as an instructor. Guys don't work on them for the one in the hand, their eye is always on the bush...

I'm not sure what's more sad about your attitude..

That you think it impossible that someone would lose weight and get in shape for themselves... Or that you think it impossible that a married couple could possibly be happy with each other.

I'm thinking you're either suffering from a little Le Jackass projection.. or envy.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

The U.S. is well on the way to becoming a "banana republic."

That may sound humorous to those who have never experienced it and those who are unschooled in economics but you are going to discover ( the hard way, of course ) that it's really not all that much fun.

What a pant-load..

 

[koalabear]

What a pant-load..

*insert multiple UD rolleyes*

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

*insert multiple UD rolleyes*

On topic and full of relevance as always little bear.

Do I need a sarcasm font?

 

[koalabear]

On topic and full of relevance as always little bear.

What a pant load!

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

What a pant load!

Ah, so you did catch the sarcasm in that post after all.

 

[koalabear]

Ah, so you did catch the sarcasm in that post after all.

I just went by the smell of your post.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

The U.S. is well on the way to becoming a "banana republic."

Fine by me. America needs a little more crisp and clean stylishness, IMO.

http://smartcanucks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/banana-republic-coupon.jpg

 

[rosco rathbone]

Fine by me. America needs a little more crisp and clean stylishness, IMO.

http://smartcanucks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/banana-republic-coupon.jpg

http://www.brazilbeaches.org/imgs/brazilgirl.jpg
http://eviltrancetwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brazilian-beach-volleyball.jpg

 

[IrezumiKiss]

http://www.brazilbeaches.org/imgs/brazilgirl.jpg
http://eviltrancetwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brazilian-beach-volleyball.jpg

That last pic is a certified beach volleyball classic.

http://eviltrancetwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brazilian-beach-volleyball.jpg

 

[rosco rathbone]

That last pic is a certified beach volleyball classic.

http://eviltrancetwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brazilian-beach-volleyball.jpg

One of those in every home once we become a nana public.

 

[trysail]

The U.S. is well on the way to becoming a "banana republic."

That may sound humorous to dumkopfs, those who have never experienced it and those who are unschooled in economics...

Fine by me...

Quod erat demonstrandum.

 

[Sean Renaud]

We're no where near becoming a Banana Republic. I don't know if we could become one if we tried and anybody who had any clue what a Banana Republic was wouldn't claim we're on that path.

Now we ARE well on our way to being a Plutocracy but that's what the Republican aim has always been.

 

[trysail]

Let's take a look at the U.S. national debt outstanding as reported by http://www.usdebtclock.org this afternoon. At the moment, it stands at a stunning $13,524,007,400,000 ( for U.S. based innumerates, that's THIRTEEN TRILLION FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR BILLION SEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ) or $43,573 per person or $121,583 per taxpayer.



U.S. Debt Clock:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/


This, of course, is only the outstanding Treasury debt and doesn't include the unfunded Medicare ( $66 trillion ) or Social Security ( $11 trillion ) liabilities

 

[koalabear]

We're no where near becoming a Banana Republic. I don't know if we could become one if we tried and anybody who had any clue what a Banana Republic was wouldn't claim we're on that path.

Now we ARE well on our way to being a Plutocracy but that's what the Republican aim has always been.

damn good thing we have Bam to thank for gun rights.

 

[Babalugats]

damn good thing we have Bam to thank for gun rights.

and that $12 Trillion dollar deficit

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Quod erat demonstrandum.

Clod bloviate lickmyscrotum.

 

[GrumpyOldGoat]

and that $12 Trillion dollar deficit

The deficit isn't $12 trillion, dumbass.

 

[RightField]

The deficit isn't $12 trillion, dumbass.

You're correct, it's bigger than 12, it's around $13.5 Trillion as of today.

The deficit for the year 2010 is around $1.3 Trillion, the total, cumulative deficit is around $13.5 and growing very quickly.

 

[GrumpyOldGoat]

You're correct, it's bigger than 12, it's around $13.5 Trillion as of today.

The deficit for the year 2010 is around $1.3 Trillion, the total, cumulative deficit is around $13.5 and growing very quickly.

Maybe you don't know the difference between debt and deficit. It's a common mistake amongst the dumbasses.