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Originally Posted by DRS112
And to answer the question...I don't have an answer...it's a combination of a lot of things...and not that I made my mind up about it...just that I question my past beliefs...
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Lucky you. I am obliged to question my sanity.
Tell you what, though. I am endeavoring to compose some thoughts on this matter, after which you will perhaps be good enough to weigh in on the sanity thing.
If enough people declare that I am out of my mind, do you think the government is obliged to support me, at taxpayer expense, and otherwise look out for me? Or do you think that crazy people should simply be mainstreamed? Here, here's a menial job...best of luck to you.
For the moment, suffice it to say that the continued increase in the price of oil...that alone...will keep us good and screwed up. Well, not everyone.
Do I or do I not understand correctly that the gasoline we pump heedlessly into our cars is about the LEAST aspect of our extravagant oil consumption? Petroleum-based products...where AREN'T they?
The credit crisis will worsen.
The full impact of the housing crisis hasn't even registered. Real estate hasn't even hit bottom.
They're staving off recession by A.) denying it, B.) bailing people out, C.) lowering the interest rate-read-that-giving-speed-to-speed-freaks, and D.) sending piddly-ass, feel-good tax rebates.
Wanna know how stupid our government is about money? It/They/He/Whoever is sending LETTERS before the checks, saying that the check is in the mail.
Quick! GAO! Step up! What's the total bill on the printing, paper, envelopes, postage and time for that little buy-more-time bullshit?