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It is the opinion of just about everyone that the American people will not step up to the plate until it is too late - and maybe not even then. Maybe if a different approach is taken when it comes to developing a more responsible population. Something has to be able to touch a nerve with the...

Is it possible for the middle and lower class Americans to understand the situation at hand and become "socially and fiscally responsible"? Is there a way to get the importance of the message across and inspire the public to take control of their lives? Can this generation of Americans become a...

In the last 48 hours I ran into someone who is storing food and preparing for a "great depression" - they had little faith in the government or their fellow Americans - or the value of an American dollar. I was warned not to waste time on looking for a solution but to start preparing for what...

Lol ;-) I am heading to Dallas will be back in 36 hours - y'all behave! Aloca way - lol

I wanted to say one more little thing - I know I should "lighten up" but there is still a little tinge I feel when someone talks ugly about America - this is something that I don't know if i can be cured of. With every generation that has passed since the revolution it is true that our...

I must say that I was unaware of all that I would have to think about when I started this thread - I am more than pleased with the debates that are being put out to be discussed. So much that I had not thought of on my own. I have to say that after all that has been said I am no less motivated...

Thanks so much - believe it or not - I LIKE the people here - even the ones with A type personalities! :-)

Doom and gloom - this hopelessness is jarring - I will have to take a couple of hours and absorb it and gather my thoughts on the matter - maybe I am over optimistic about the American spirit - Does this leave things up to the government and big biz to decide our fate? I hate to say it - but...

If there is a particular time in history I should be investigating - I would love for you to point me in the right direction - I do try my hardest to look for answers and bright spots - I realize that there are cycles the economy goes through - I am just seeing if there if a less painful way for...

I have spent some time on that too - so I am glad you brought it up - the break down from what I read up on was We started out as an agricultural society - then we moved into a manufacturing society - when the great depression hit - people had agriculture to fall back on - After manufacturing...

Great! we need about another couple of million people to join in and start reading labels - lol :clap2:

If the People got their act together and flexed a collective economic muscle - that is the quickest and easiest way to get the governments attention. The people showed their disapproval to the Coke manufacturers when the introduced " New Coke ". The response was quick and painful to Coke's...

You are the first person I have ever heard say that - good for you - they say they save a family an average of $2500 a year - but those walmart watchers repeatedly find prices the same or higher than competing stores - with a few exceptions to draw in the crowds. I know I can't put Walmart out...

I understand that my backwoods idealistic views seem unrealistic and unpopular - I know that when people see what I have to say they feel a burden placed on them and they do not want to feel responsible for their own choices - I felt the same way when I started this whole thing - I was gung-ho...

If a bigger apple cart is what it takes - then it works for me - maybe one day granny will branch out into apple pies and become a chain of bakeries - if taxes and regulation doesn't stop her - or Big Biz The Wal-mart bakery - I am sure will eat into her business and they get huge tax breaks...