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Where is the US economy headed?

 
 
Roxxxanne
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:25 pm
Miller wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:
OGIONIK, Pretty well stated IMHO. However, let me point out one issue that needs to be addressed by our country. We need to have some form of universal health care so that our products and services becomes more competitive in the world marketplace. That's one of the reasons that the auto industry can't compete with the "new" boys on the block, or with companies where their health care is not included in the price of their cars.



The auto industry hit the "pits" strickly because of the UNIONS...
Look at how the UNIONS drove the stock yards out of Chicago...
The take a look at the Steel Mills, again more UNION demands and see where it got them...

Ever been to Gary Indiana? Twisted Evil


Can you explain to me why someone who is so anti-labor supports Hillary Clinton?
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:41 pm
This is interesting...

http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/535313.html

Quote:
The Internal Revenue Service outlined Monday how your Social Security number will determine when you probably will get your economic stimulus check this spring or summer.

The IRS said it plans to deliver 130 million checks between May 2 and July 11 based on the last two digits of the recipient's Social Security number.

According to the IRS, direct deposit payments will be made May 2 to recipients whose Social Security numbers end in 00-20.

Direct deposit payments will be made a week later, May 9, to people whose numbers end in 21-75. The final round of direct deposit payments will be made May 16 to people whose numbers end in 76-99.

Those who will receive paper checks are on a longer schedule.
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McGentrix
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:46 pm
yay! 08 here.
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Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:49 pm
07

Booyah

Cycloptichorn
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:52 pm
"16" but what to do with a whole $600 bucks.
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maporsche
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:53 pm
24 here....looks like I'll have to wait a week before sending my money off to invest in a Chinese or Indian company. I'm trying to find a solid one that has zero involvement in the United States...it's taking some time.
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:54 pm
cicerone imposter wrote:
"16" but what to do with a whole $600 bucks.


Thats a house payment OR a car payment for me, with a little left over on either one.
It wont pay both however.
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Ramafuchs
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 12:59 pm
I had aired my views which was unplatable for Americans.
Truth hurt and absolute truth is vehement
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Roxxxanne
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:00 pm
cicerone imposter wrote:
"16" but what to do with a whole $600 bucks.


Take cyc, his SO and I to Ruth Chris.
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:03 pm
Roxxxanne wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:
"16" but what to do with a whole $600 bucks.


Take cyc, his SO and I to Ruth Chris.


What do you know, there IS something Roxxxanne and I agree on.
I love Ruth Chris, but its a little over a 2 hour drive to the nearest one (Louisville).
We go about once a month.
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Roxxxanne
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:05 pm
mysteryman wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:
"16" but what to do with a whole $600 bucks.


Thats a house payment OR a car payment for me, with a little left over on either one.
It wont pay both however.


Very few can make a house payment with $600. Heck, that was an apartment rent payment ten years ago.
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mysteryman
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:12 pm
Roxxxanne wrote:
mysteryman wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:
"16" but what to do with a whole $600 bucks.


Thats a house payment OR a car payment for me, with a little left over on either one.
It wont pay both however.


Very few can make a house payment with $600. Heck, that was an apartment rent payment ten years ago.


True, but thats part of the reason I live here in western Ky.
I got a 5 bedroom house on a 19000sq.ft. lot for what I was paying for my 1 bedroom apt in San Diego.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:19 pm
Roxxxanne wrote:
Miller wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:
OGIONIK, Pretty well stated IMHO. However, let me point out one issue that needs to be addressed by our country. We need to have some form of universal health care so that our products and services becomes more competitive in the world marketplace. That's one of the reasons that the auto industry can't compete with the "new" boys on the block, or with companies where their health care is not included in the price of their cars.



The auto industry hit the "pits" strickly because of the UNIONS...
Look at how the UNIONS drove the stock yards out of Chicago...
The take a look at the Steel Mills, again more UNION demands and see where it got them...

Ever been to Gary Indiana? Twisted Evil


Can you explain to me why someone who is so anti-labor supports Hillary Clinton?



Excellent question.
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maporsche
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:37 pm
cicerone imposter wrote:
Roxxxanne wrote:
Miller wrote:
cicerone imposter wrote:
OGIONIK, Pretty well stated IMHO. However, let me point out one issue that needs to be addressed by our country. We need to have some form of universal health care so that our products and services becomes more competitive in the world marketplace. That's one of the reasons that the auto industry can't compete with the "new" boys on the block, or with companies where their health care is not included in the price of their cars.



The auto industry hit the "pits" strickly because of the UNIONS...
Look at how the UNIONS drove the stock yards out of Chicago...
The take a look at the Steel Mills, again more UNION demands and see where it got them...

Ever been to Gary Indiana? Twisted Evil


Can you explain to me why someone who is so anti-labor supports Hillary Clinton?



Excellent question.


I'm not defending Miller.....but don't you guys think it is POSSIBLE to support SOME of a candidates positions but not others?

I think Miller is pro Clinton's healthcare plan (something Miller obviously has a strong feeling for).....maybe she supports that position enough to support Clinton despite her views on labor.

I don't know, just a thought.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 01:42 pm
maporsche, I doubt very much that any voter always agrees 100 percent with the candidate of their choice. However, when it comes to Miller, she's always ready to jump on any issue that doesn't agree with her, leaving out the simple fact that her criticisms are always one-sided.

She needs to express her positions more clearly by explaining the conflicts that are never resolved by her posts.
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 03:48 pm
325,000 sq ft lot, but who's counting ~ The best I can see right now with the Fed's reaction is they are trying to avert a Depression. They have now bailed out the 5th largest bank, working on others, and promised more - this is big WOW.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 03:55 pm
With all this money being pumped into our economy, do you know how to spell INFLATION, and US dollar DEPRECIATION?
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 03:59 pm
Yeap, and with interest rates going down, the normal reactions of a Capitalist Market, (ie bonds, notes and government securities going up) will not happen. There is possible unexplained, unimaginable results on the horizon. And, Iraq is sucking at the rate of $333,000,000,000 a year; plus untold add-ons into the future.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 04:10 pm
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$333,000,000,000


i'll have to buy a new calculator , my present one doesn't go beyond ten numbers !
perhaps i'll get a free one with my next magazine subscription :wink:
hbg
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Tue 18 Mar, 2008 04:12 pm
Maybe, they'll start passing those out at McDonalds when you buy a $22,400 burger in US currency.
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