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I can already see the major problem with this thread when it comes to people who feel this businesses should just fail.
Many did what you say Avatar, "Be honest, work hard, and live within your means."
I hate it when people assume that everybody who is broke or going out of business is because they are greedy.
You've made it perfectly clear that you dont like the truth on multiple occasions. Why should this one be any different?
And no, many people weren't honest. Many people didnt work hard. And you can't tell me with a straight face that people have lived within their means. The American people is in debt up to their eyeballs. And you have the audacity to proclaim to me that they are living within their means.
When you create an economy based on a lie, it will never sustain myself. When you take debts you can't pay back. And some who take debts who wont pay them back, the fall is inevitable. Because your foundation is built on lies.
You arent going to die if you dont get the new plasma screen tv. You arent going to die if you have to get buy using one car instead of 3. Or if you, heaven forbid, have to stay home and cook a meal rather than go to McDonalds (which i might point out has excellent profits right now).
You cant maintain an economy that has its foundation in debt. Because sooner or later the bottom will fall out. If you think the economy is bad now, wait till the bottom completely falls out.
And it is specifically because people are dishonest. It's because rather than working hard, people would rather try to scam money from other people. They wont put in their full value. And they wont live within their means. They have to have something more.
and you know what, your dishonesty, greed, and poor financial planning effects other people as well. And there isnt a damn thing washington can do to fix your poor financial and character habits. Spending more money isnt going to solve anything. The best you can hope for is another illusion of prosperity before we face the same damn problem.
And you sure as heck dont fix problems by throwing money at companies that are hemeraging. You'd have better luck flushing the money down the toilet. Because it doesnt fix the problem.
Money, like government, doesnt solve a problem.