Quantum Windbag
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GM dying would not kill America in and by itself. However it is an indacator of what is wrong.
Within 5-10 years many of our autos will be imported from China.
Auto sales and useage in China if doubling often. And their tech on reverse engineering cars is improving.
It started with friviolous stuff and toys, hand tools, etc. Moved to electronics and the next big exports of China will be vehicles and machinery.
A nation whose economy is based mostly on consumer spending cannot long last.
We have lost control of our economy, large multinational finiancial and manufacturing corporations now control our economy and in a world economy where our standard of living is far higher than that of most nations our standard of living will continue to decline. It is inevitable. I predicted this in the 90's. And if the origional politics.com was around I would have proof in the archives.
Me too friend...I have been saying the same thing for at minimum 20 years.
The financial services industry owns our ass lock, stock and barrel.
We no longer live in a democratic republic. We live in a plutocratic society like America was in the late 1800's. And Obama fits in like a glove in plutocratic principles...like a glove.
And I am not sure Romney fits any less better.
Yes we live in a plutocracy and the final nails in the coffin of our democracy were driven by Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kennedy and Scalia in Citizens United v. FEC (558 U.S. 50 (2010)).
My position has always been government is good for the economy? I suppose that's true, without government we would be without laws, courts, rules, regulations.
The context was in the article, if, as you claim your read it, maybe you are stupid or willfully ignorant.
Like I said, you aren't my professor, you don't get to give me assignments. I read the article, and asked you what it is we are supposed to discuss. You chose to discuss your assumptions, bless your heart.
No, I am not your professor and I didn't give you an assignment. You freely chose to interject yourself into this thread and make it about you. Hence my comment on your ego.
The more posts I read from self identified libertarians/independents the more sociopathic** they seem. I won't bother to detail the evidence which leads me to such a conclusion but I will simply point it out as it happens.
**Sociopathic: a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
I made this about me? I asked questions to find out what your point is, and instead of responding you jumped all over me because you don't like one of the possible alternatives I provided. Strange that you have not yet made a point, just whinged.