The 5 happiest Countries are all Socialist Economies, With Health Care and Education included in your taxes?
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143 The five happiest countries in the world — Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands — are all clustered in the same region, and all enjoy high levels of prosperity. Wait I thought all socialist Countries, were Gray and Desperate places.. sort of Stalin meets Blade Runner ? notice the word prosperity.... pops up repeatedly in this article. I know that so many of you on here really don't understand the difference between "Free Market" rhetoric and actual prosperity for more than the top 1%... but we used to consistently rank in this poll, right up until the early 90's ... that's around the time we started hearing the term "New World Order" Deregulated corporatism is making someone happy but it isn't the average American.. see the full list.. http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/14/world-happiest-countries-lifestyle-realestate-gallup_slide_12.html We don't even Rank.. Canada and Costa Rica were the only entries from the Americas (Both fully Socialist) Ask yourself this Tea Baggers and the like.... If we are so wonderful as we move away towards a full corporate Oligarchy, why then do we cast Socialism as a Villain? After all when we're the most social is when we've had the most prosperity... post WW2 we almost got Euro Style Health Care but the AMA smashed it with the free market demigod Regan's help... but if you look at our history as a nation, when we embrace people instead of Money we do better as a culture.. can you really gage happiness by GDP? and if so.. are we not an abject failure being the personal debt accounts for nearly 100% of GDP http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/02/household_debt_vs_gdp.html 1927 and 2007 (both times personal debt reached 100% of GDP our leadership was corporate-centric) Basic economics guys... who should be happier in a society ? The people or Vampires I mean Corporations/Banks/Insurance Co.'s etc? Americans really don't want to be happy then? If that's the case then this all makes perfect sense... And if any of you Apple Pie eating patriots would genuinely like to see me leave (and I'll take my Commie wife and kids with me...) write out a check, we'll get on a plane.. (buh bye) And if any of you Apple Pie eating patriots would genuinely like to see me leave (and I'll take my Commie wife and kids with me...) write out a check, we'll get on a plane.. (buh bye) We have Higher debt and are "More" Bankrupt than any of those countries Suicide rates "Finland" is the only one in the list to make the top 10 based on the W.H.O. report.. None of the Suicide indexes are any newer than 2007..would love to see where we rank now... These countries do not have resources, in fact quite to the contrary.. however in regards to being able to power themselves with alternative energy you a;ll can thank yourselves for that... we've allowed big oil to block alternatives for 30 years.. we should be leading that technological race...but like everything else we do now... we are losing our edge... must be our low IQ.. We have Higher debt and are "More" Bankrupt than any of those countries Suicide rates "Finland" is the only one in the list to make the top 10 based on the W.H.O. report.. None of the Suicide indexes are any newer than 2007..would love to see where we rank now... These countries do not have resources, in fact quite to the contrary.. however in regards to being able to power themselves with alternative energy you a;ll can thank yourselves for that... we've allowed big oil to block alternatives for 30 years.. we should be leading that technological race...but like everything else we do now... we are losing our edge... must be our low IQ.. actually JDM I saw that and thought that it smacked of (hold back) in other words we need to keep the illusion going.. all of the countries that are happiest are also in economic dire straights... but the people aren't thrown into the mill to keep the Company going.. thats the difference.. again, check IQ's in those countries, ie..test scores etc.. Canadians do not pay 80% of their incomes in Tax, in fact the Average Brit, Canadian, Frenchman, middle class worker all pay less than their American counterpart if you include education and Health care/Elder care... we pay MORE TAXES PEOPLE!!!!
Politics - 22 Answers
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Maybe you should move to one of them and then you can be happy too
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By all means....get the phuck out...please move there. thanks
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If by happiest you will be stuck in whatever the government pigeon holes you at until you die than by all means you can be happy. I wont.
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I really don't care. I want my country back. And while you are attempting to appear informed, it is TEA Partiers.
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Economy isn't the only factor to consider. Population, size, climate, demographics, religion, environment, etc. all play rolls as well.
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Ok, Then please, move to one of those countires. I noticed several people aon here who would be more than happy to help you do that.
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Why is the EU melting down if their economies work? Too much spending, it isn't working. We are following down the same destructive path and expecting a different outcome. Hmmm, don't see how we can deny the inevitable and yet it happens constantly.
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So the socialists claim they are 'happier' than the rest of us? Of course they would have to site something as amorphous as the concept of 'happiness' since they certainly cannot claim to be more prosperous or free. P.S Check the suicide rates in those countries.
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Well they can thank US "unhappy capitalists" for the fact that they have a country at all..to be "happy" with.
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Happiness is subjective, and the results of these surveys depend entirely on the scoring criteria. Suicides per capita, for example, is not one of the metrics in this study.
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Americans live in an insular little bubble, believing what they are told to believe. That the US is the best country on Earth. Of course they aren't going to believe you. After all, the majority of people (especially on here) are under the false impression that everyone in the entire world wants to move to the US. Laughable isn't it? Poles like the one you posted only prove that either the developed countries of the world is right and we are wrong...or we are right and the developed countries are wrong. I wonder which it is? lol I commend you for trying to bring an issue like this to light, however you will soon find out that it is falling on deaf ears. Donna
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#1 They all aren't PURE "socialist" countries. They are mixed economies. #2 Most, if not all, of those Countries are extremely small (landsize / population) & blessed with significant resources that enable them to "fund" those socialist projects. For instance, there are Countries on that list that can single handily supply their population with energy from hydro-electric plants (damns). Could the U.S. supply all their energy from a hydro-electric damn? Not a chance in hell. Some of them also have significant oil reserves that they sell for a profit (again, paying for their socialist projects). The U.S., given our population level, does not have a corresponding "oil" reserve that could pay for $300 million people in such a fashion.
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Aaah yes, those happy, happy Fins... Who just happen to have suicide rate 70% higher than the US. Funny how morons go off about how happy these countries are.. when these people are knocking themselves off left and right.. Happy people don't do that. You = Fail.
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Since you mentioned "basic economics" - those countries are all on the verge of bankruptcy. Those systems are unsustainable. They probably won't be as happy when all the government programs vanish. Contrary to what socialists believe, deficits and debts do matter. And they're what cause nations to collapse.
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If we had someone else paying almost all of our defense costs for 65 years we would be pretty happy too. We have completely underwritten all of these socialist "utopias" ever since World War II. Without us they would all be Soviet satellite states. edit: Why should I write a check to send you to Scandinavia? Can't you do anything for yourself?
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What? Are you trying to tell me that living in a Republican police state with Walmart Hospitals, a Haliburton owned military and a Muslim holocaust would not be a happy place? There would be government mandated tea party meetings to lynch gays and Mexicans! Happiness doesn't help to sell fear and hate.
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Statistics can say whatever you want them to say. Without looking at the methodology there is little to say about their results as the weightings given to each factor are critical in determining the final rankings.
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You think this is an awesome question too, don't you? Not only did you miss the point entirely in that it shouldn't matter what style of economy we have... "The problem is us. The problem is not the banks, greedy though they may be, overpaid though they may be. The problem is us... We've been living very high on the hog. Our living standard has been rising dramatically in the last 25 years. And we have been borrowing much of the money to make that prosperity happen." ...but you leave this question wide open as does everyone else who talks about this as to imply that we operate under pure capitalism while pure socialism is the answer. What amazes me even more is that a socialist economy asks the government...the ones who are currently bankrupting our future, to take the reins of our futures. How does this even make sense to you? Or when people cry out about how corrupt and evil corporate America is...you mean the corporate America that is run, regulated and funded by the government? How does any of this even make sense to you.
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Would you really be happy paying up to 80% of your income so that a national government can take care of you and determine your value? Would you really be happy waiting up to a year of needed medical testing because there are not enough doctors to assist you, would you really be happy knowing that the government has the final say about everything concerning your life and that of your family? Would you really be happy knowing that you work 50 times harder to earn and live on the same amount as someone who does nothing? Or would you rather have health care when you actually need it, be able to earn more through your hard work, be able to obtain wealth and be able to raise your family as you see fit? By the way, Canada is NOT socialist, they are a lot more liberal leaning than the US but not socialist. They are actually, as of recent debates, learning they can no longer afford their national health care and will soon require their citizens to start obtaining private insurance in order to keep treating people. Also many of the nations you list are not purely socialist, even communist China is no longer purely socialist as they have incorporated capitalist concepts into their country, because they realize it actually works to grow their nation and economy. Another concept for your departure, try to get one of those "happy" countries to support your entry into their country and see how far you get. Frankly, I am very happy in the country I live in and as long as those who would like to take it over do not do so, I am more than happy to stay right here in a capitalist nation where I have the freedom to decide where I work, how I obtain health care, and where I work.
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I thought this was a well-thought out question until you used the term "Tea Baggers" - why is it that you people can't stop yourselves from calling other people names? Reading it more closely, it seems that you are just making up your own facts and saying nothing. Anyway, where do you get the idea that Costa Rica is a "Fully Socialist Country?" "Costa Rica is a democratic republic, as stated by the 1949 Constitution, which guarantees all citizens and foreigners equality before the law, the right to own property, the right of petition and assembly, freedom of speech, and the right to habeas corpus, among others. The government is divided into independent executive, legislative, and judicial powers. " http://infocostarica.com/general/government.html And Canada? "Officialy, Canada is a confederation with parliamentary democracy. That means Canada's system is patterned partly after Great Britian's, but also has a federal system like that in the United States. The federal government holds considerable power in areas of national concern, such as health insurance, trade, the military, and development. Provincial governments have authority over education, property laws, and medical facilities." And here's a little fact about Denmark: "The Constitutional Act lays down the framework of Danish democracy. It outlines the citizens’ rights or human rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, which i.a. are intended to protect them against infringement of their rights by the State. " http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/About-Denmark/Government-Politics I think that your poll leaves out tons of information about those "happy countries" compared to the US. Socialism is not a demon, especially if you have a relatively small population of similar socio-economic and ethnic groups, living in a similar climate and The population of Norway is under 5,000,000, with about 84% of the population being ethnic Norwegians. The population of Denmark is just under 6,000,000, with 5,000,000 of them being ethnic Danes. Further, in Denmark, 84% of the population is urban. Costa Rica, also with a population of around 5,000,000, is comprised of about 95% whites and mestizos. So why can't we draw the conclusion that happiness comes from living with people like you - and not too many of them? In fact, your article states that one of the reasons for Costa Rican's happiness is strong family bonds and social networking. New Jersey, by comparison, has a population of almost 9,000,000 - there are no fewer than 12 languages spoken in the state, and has a multiplicity of ethnic groups including whites, blacks, hispanics, portugese, creole, polish, russian and others. Expand that to encompass the entire US, with a population of 300,000,000; with many, many different races and ethnic groups, with cities, suburbs - climate variation from the swampland of Florida to the northern tip of Alaska. The US is not "Corporate Centric". The US provides opportunity for people to direct their own lives, to produce based on free market economics instead of government mandate. This does not happen in the absence of government - there are government regulations directing the banks, the insurance companies, manufacturing, service - we are a nation of laws and businesses and consumers operate within those laws. What we object to is when the laws start to dictate who gets what, and who has too much. Why should my tax money, as a resident of New Jersey, be spent on building roads in West Virginia so that Robert Byrd can get re-elected? (I use him as an example because he was admired for all the Federal money he brought to his state) Why, as a parent of college students, should the loans I negotiated be negated and then taken over by the Federal Government? The United States Government is an incredibly corrupt institution at this point in time. All you have to do is look at how the Healthcare bill was railroaded into being - no fair votes, no one read the thing, it was forced into law by bribery, threats and arm-twisting. There is no way that I would ever agree to giving MORE power to that group of thugs. I don't know about your poll, I don't know about you - but I can tell you that MY happiness stems from my ability to direct my own life, to conduct my affairs within the laws of a reasonable country or state - I can start a business if I want to, I can live in whatever state suits my desires for climate or economic opportunity. When the government tells me that I cannot get a job because I don't meet "Diversity" requirements (which has happened to me) or that I cannot keep my health insurance because my company can no longer afford it because of the Government Requirements - I become very unhappy.
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Subvertor, You can cite facts all you want, like we pay more in heath care but they have better quality, or that we are so far in debt and that oligarchs rule this country. They don't care. They are blind sheep. All we can do is continue to advocate for economic change and prosperity in the USA. All we can do is continue to fight for the worker, even when the worker doesn't even fight for himself. Keep up the good fight Subvertor.
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seems about right
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
How can my son not be affected by economy crisis at all?
How can my son not be affected by economy crisis at all?
I have three kids, two sons and one daughter. My oldest son who is 32 runs a couple business, own three houses, two business properties, and coach kick boxers and few professional fighters. He has always been the type who keeps his eyes on the economy, current event, and everything. He have always been very paranoid type, he have been hoarding on precious metals and diamond, investing, and spread moneys in couple different countries ever since he started his business. Ever since around 2004, he have been freaking out about the economy and telling everyone to start keep their eyes on the economy. But we didn’t take him seriously. My daughter who is 27 and her husband bought a house three years ago and just opened a construction business about two years ago, they are going through a incredible tough time right now. I’ve never saw my daughter so badly stressed out and upset. They’re seriously considering closing the business down and walk away from the house. On top of all this, they have two children. My youngest son is 24, just graduated from college but is still living with me and my husband because he was unable to afford to live on his own with the high gas price and trying to find a job. It just got worse for him, his car broke down and he doesn’t have the moneys to afford to repair it. My husband has been laid off from his job. He has been trying to find a new job for three weeks. We’re living off my income and our saving. I don’t understand how could my son know about everything and see all of this coming from so far away. How could he still keep his business afloat and not seems to be bothered or affected by the economy? He just returned from his trip to Norway not long ago and he didn’t even complain about how expensive it was. He’s even looking at buying a house in Slovakia. He also managed to sell almost all of his stock just a couple months before the stock crashed really bad. He’s already talking about start buying a couple houses in our area (California) soon. He also has sold almost all diamonds just because he learned that there’s new technique that allows man to make diamonds with chemicals. He also often credited his success to not having unnecressay things. Cars are one of them, he have never owned a car in his whole life. However his house has been heavily upgraded and is in a very upscale neighbor. I don’t understand how could he pull all this off and not suffer a one bit from bad economy while everybody else seems to be panicking?
Economics - 3 Answers
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he is obviously a dick... a selfish dick.. honest
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HI Pat Just like your son I to told my family and friends to start saving their money a few years back because you could see that some thing bad was coming. Higher interest rates, gas prices started to go up three years ago or so, as well as the mortgage rates and the cost of houses throughout the country. I live in Hawaii and every thing here is expensive so when ever some thing changes in the lower 48 it will happen to Hawaii and it will be worst, now if thing change in the lower 48 it will not change as much in Hawaii because eventually it will get worst again. Your son was smart to put away his money and not spend it on things that were not important to his survival, except he selling off all of his diamonds thinking that because man can make diamond using chemicals, well they have been doing that for a very long time, they are call CZs or Cubic Zirconium's, they look just like diamonds only someone who know how to tell the difference will be able to see the difference. So selling his diamonds may have been just something to fall back on, his precious metals though are very good investments and should gain some ground as time goes on especially gold it is going up in price as we read and write. Now as for you son's homes, if he owns them out right no mortgages then he has nothing to worry about other than being paid the rent from his tenants. As for his trip he took on a credit card most likely so it wouldn't have hurt him to much, but with the way things right now with the banks and their interest rates it will be harder for to get in creases on his balances and if he needs to get things or equipment for his gym it will be harder for him to make loans like every one else, but if he has managed his moneys right he has a good chance of getting through the crisis in fair condition, but by no means will he get through it will out having some troubles, remember even the riches people are having some troubles. For him to buy any homes any where he will have to have a lot of expendable funds because it will not be as easy as it used to be to get a home loan that is why the country is in trouble now. Your daughter and her husband have been swept up in the mortgage crisis with out even knowing it, with a new construction business in a down turning industry. Not having work is the biggest thing in construction killing its business as fast as it took to get it started, tell your daughter instead of closing it up, down size and take the small jobs for now, like the side walk or drive ways. If it is carpentry, take the little storage sheds and railing repairs, even the handicap ramps. Take the jobs close to home or to the shop to cut down on the fuel cost, clean and repair the equipment they have now instead of buying new ones. If they can hang on for at least two years they should be alright, at this time in their lives they wont get rich but they will be able to survive they just have to think small for now. As for your young son tell him to look for the small jobs for now as well as your husband, tell them having any job is better than not having a job, besides in a few years things will be better not completely, but better. Ever one is feeling the pinch and pressures of our falling economy even the foreign countries that deal with the US, the experts believe that then can throw money at the problem to make it better, but that is not the answer, that was the problem, the more money that went in to the economy the more people wanted until it just wasn't enough yet in reality there was no money for the rest of us so what ever we had we put away, we put so much of it away that there was nothing left for others to pay their bills and once that started to happen it was just a matter of time before the neighbor and the next and the next weren't able to pay theirs even though they all work hard it just wasn't enough for those that wanted more. There really isn't an easy fix to our economy, but I believe that if the cost of homes were to drop to the prices of the 70's and 80's and stay there for at least five years, that means the government putting a limit on what a house can be sold for keeping down interest rates while allowing the dollar to stengthen the countries economic troubles will all but be a memory, but that is just me. I don't know it this is the kind of answer you were looking for, but these are the things that I believe. I hope it kind of gives you some thing new to think about and you are welcome to share my answer and thoughts with your family and friends. Take care and good luck to you and yours...Keep the Faith....Peace....cya
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If you always think the sky is falling, every once in awhile you'll be lucky. You don't give much details but I would guess your son did not anticipate any of the current events, he was just a paranoid -- just as people write doomsaying books every year and are wrong 19 years out of 20. I've heard lots of people predicting calamity over the past 25 years, and not a single on of them actually predicting anything close to the chain of events that is actually happening. If you prepare for an earthquake and you get a hurricane ... your preparations may pay off and you may think you're smart, but you can't claim after-the-fact to have predicted anything accurately. However sometimes you get lucky so maybe he did this time. If he avoids unnecessary expenses, that's always a good survival technique in any climate. By the way, LOTS of people are unaffected. We're not talking the great depression here. As far as I can tell my whole state is still doing just fine.
I have three kids, two sons and one daughter. My oldest son who is 32 runs a couple business, own three houses, two business properties, and coach kick boxers and few professional fighters. He has always been the type who keeps his eyes on the economy, current event, and everything. He have always been very paranoid type, he have been hoarding on precious metals and diamond, investing, and spread moneys in couple different countries ever since he started his business. Ever since around 2004, he have been freaking out about the economy and telling everyone to start keep their eyes on the economy. But we didn’t take him seriously. My daughter who is 27 and her husband bought a house three years ago and just opened a construction business about two years ago, they are going through a incredible tough time right now. I’ve never saw my daughter so badly stressed out and upset. They’re seriously considering closing the business down and walk away from the house. On top of all this, they have two children. My youngest son is 24, just graduated from college but is still living with me and my husband because he was unable to afford to live on his own with the high gas price and trying to find a job. It just got worse for him, his car broke down and he doesn’t have the moneys to afford to repair it. My husband has been laid off from his job. He has been trying to find a new job for three weeks. We’re living off my income and our saving. I don’t understand how could my son know about everything and see all of this coming from so far away. How could he still keep his business afloat and not seems to be bothered or affected by the economy? He just returned from his trip to Norway not long ago and he didn’t even complain about how expensive it was. He’s even looking at buying a house in Slovakia. He also managed to sell almost all of his stock just a couple months before the stock crashed really bad. He’s already talking about start buying a couple houses in our area (California) soon. He also has sold almost all diamonds just because he learned that there’s new technique that allows man to make diamonds with chemicals. He also often credited his success to not having unnecressay things. Cars are one of them, he have never owned a car in his whole life. However his house has been heavily upgraded and is in a very upscale neighbor. I don’t understand how could he pull all this off and not suffer a one bit from bad economy while everybody else seems to be panicking?
Economics - 3 Answers
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he is obviously a dick... a selfish dick.. honest
2 :
HI Pat Just like your son I to told my family and friends to start saving their money a few years back because you could see that some thing bad was coming. Higher interest rates, gas prices started to go up three years ago or so, as well as the mortgage rates and the cost of houses throughout the country. I live in Hawaii and every thing here is expensive so when ever some thing changes in the lower 48 it will happen to Hawaii and it will be worst, now if thing change in the lower 48 it will not change as much in Hawaii because eventually it will get worst again. Your son was smart to put away his money and not spend it on things that were not important to his survival, except he selling off all of his diamonds thinking that because man can make diamond using chemicals, well they have been doing that for a very long time, they are call CZs or Cubic Zirconium's, they look just like diamonds only someone who know how to tell the difference will be able to see the difference. So selling his diamonds may have been just something to fall back on, his precious metals though are very good investments and should gain some ground as time goes on especially gold it is going up in price as we read and write. Now as for you son's homes, if he owns them out right no mortgages then he has nothing to worry about other than being paid the rent from his tenants. As for his trip he took on a credit card most likely so it wouldn't have hurt him to much, but with the way things right now with the banks and their interest rates it will be harder for to get in creases on his balances and if he needs to get things or equipment for his gym it will be harder for him to make loans like every one else, but if he has managed his moneys right he has a good chance of getting through the crisis in fair condition, but by no means will he get through it will out having some troubles, remember even the riches people are having some troubles. For him to buy any homes any where he will have to have a lot of expendable funds because it will not be as easy as it used to be to get a home loan that is why the country is in trouble now. Your daughter and her husband have been swept up in the mortgage crisis with out even knowing it, with a new construction business in a down turning industry. Not having work is the biggest thing in construction killing its business as fast as it took to get it started, tell your daughter instead of closing it up, down size and take the small jobs for now, like the side walk or drive ways. If it is carpentry, take the little storage sheds and railing repairs, even the handicap ramps. Take the jobs close to home or to the shop to cut down on the fuel cost, clean and repair the equipment they have now instead of buying new ones. If they can hang on for at least two years they should be alright, at this time in their lives they wont get rich but they will be able to survive they just have to think small for now. As for your young son tell him to look for the small jobs for now as well as your husband, tell them having any job is better than not having a job, besides in a few years things will be better not completely, but better. Ever one is feeling the pinch and pressures of our falling economy even the foreign countries that deal with the US, the experts believe that then can throw money at the problem to make it better, but that is not the answer, that was the problem, the more money that went in to the economy the more people wanted until it just wasn't enough yet in reality there was no money for the rest of us so what ever we had we put away, we put so much of it away that there was nothing left for others to pay their bills and once that started to happen it was just a matter of time before the neighbor and the next and the next weren't able to pay theirs even though they all work hard it just wasn't enough for those that wanted more. There really isn't an easy fix to our economy, but I believe that if the cost of homes were to drop to the prices of the 70's and 80's and stay there for at least five years, that means the government putting a limit on what a house can be sold for keeping down interest rates while allowing the dollar to stengthen the countries economic troubles will all but be a memory, but that is just me. I don't know it this is the kind of answer you were looking for, but these are the things that I believe. I hope it kind of gives you some thing new to think about and you are welcome to share my answer and thoughts with your family and friends. Take care and good luck to you and yours...Keep the Faith....Peace....cya
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If you always think the sky is falling, every once in awhile you'll be lucky. You don't give much details but I would guess your son did not anticipate any of the current events, he was just a paranoid -- just as people write doomsaying books every year and are wrong 19 years out of 20. I've heard lots of people predicting calamity over the past 25 years, and not a single on of them actually predicting anything close to the chain of events that is actually happening. If you prepare for an earthquake and you get a hurricane ... your preparations may pay off and you may think you're smart, but you can't claim after-the-fact to have predicted anything accurately. However sometimes you get lucky so maybe he did this time. If he avoids unnecessary expenses, that's always a good survival technique in any climate. By the way, LOTS of people are unaffected. We're not talking the great depression here. As far as I can tell my whole state is still doing just fine.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
i am in a huge dilemma i need help !?
i am in a huge dilemma i need help !?
i am from Norway and we have this confirmation ,everyone is doing it if you don't know what a confirmation is it is where you get to choose if you still wanna believe in god but you get to be official christian and i am an atheist and i can't find god in my heart but anyways who is dumb enough to believe that god created the earth and animals in 7 days? and we are making this cultural dress so i can use but it is not done yet for my confirmation but if i say no and i don't want to be fully christian i don't get the money and i feel pressured because then everybody else will be using their money on ex. scooter,cameras etc. and i don't have anything and if i do go though the confirmation i feel like im lying to everyone what should i do ?
Religion & Spirituality - 8 Answers
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You think the bible is a lie...yet you want to lie to others about being a christian?
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"Atheists gots no morals." Well...? On the off chance you are wrong, and the Church is correct, being out an ipod could be the least of your worries if you do this. If God exists, you may not hear Him, but He hears you.
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You can't worship God and money. You will love one and hate the other. Time to choose who your master will be.
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Hi Ida. I want you to know that it is my personal experience that God can be known in a personal way, through faith in the simple Gospel message. Concerning creation, there are different views. Dr. Hugh Ross is a Christian who is also an astrophysicist; and he believes in an old earth - about 4.6 billion years old, but that this can be reconciled with the Biblical account of creation when properly interpreted. You can listen to his explanation of these puzzling questions at his website: http://www.reasons.org/ concerning coming to real faith, and just what it means to be a Christian, please listen to the following brief presentation.... http://4laws.com/laws/english/flash/
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Gotta be honest with yourself. Be proud of who you are.
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If you go through with the confirmation you will have a form of Godliness but lack the power thereof. We suggest you wait until you want to know God and follow Jesus and live His way of life and love.
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You realize you are making atheists look bad?
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You have to do what you know is right. Lying to your conscience is wrong
i am from Norway and we have this confirmation ,everyone is doing it if you don't know what a confirmation is it is where you get to choose if you still wanna believe in god but you get to be official christian and i am an atheist and i can't find god in my heart but anyways who is dumb enough to believe that god created the earth and animals in 7 days? and we are making this cultural dress so i can use but it is not done yet for my confirmation but if i say no and i don't want to be fully christian i don't get the money and i feel pressured because then everybody else will be using their money on ex. scooter,cameras etc. and i don't have anything and if i do go though the confirmation i feel like im lying to everyone what should i do ?
Religion & Spirituality - 8 Answers
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You think the bible is a lie...yet you want to lie to others about being a christian?
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"Atheists gots no morals." Well...? On the off chance you are wrong, and the Church is correct, being out an ipod could be the least of your worries if you do this. If God exists, you may not hear Him, but He hears you.
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You can't worship God and money. You will love one and hate the other. Time to choose who your master will be.
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Hi Ida. I want you to know that it is my personal experience that God can be known in a personal way, through faith in the simple Gospel message. Concerning creation, there are different views. Dr. Hugh Ross is a Christian who is also an astrophysicist; and he believes in an old earth - about 4.6 billion years old, but that this can be reconciled with the Biblical account of creation when properly interpreted. You can listen to his explanation of these puzzling questions at his website: http://www.reasons.org/ concerning coming to real faith, and just what it means to be a Christian, please listen to the following brief presentation.... http://4laws.com/laws/english/flash/
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Gotta be honest with yourself. Be proud of who you are.
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If you go through with the confirmation you will have a form of Godliness but lack the power thereof. We suggest you wait until you want to know God and follow Jesus and live His way of life and love.
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You realize you are making atheists look bad?
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You have to do what you know is right. Lying to your conscience is wrong
Monday, October 1, 2012
Think you're paying at the pump?
Think you're paying at the pump?
This chart is from CNN's website. Gas prices around the world (in US dollars per gallon). Pretty astonishing collection of data: Gasoline prices in the United States, which have recently hit record highs, are actually much lower than in many countries. Drivers in some European cities, like Amsterdam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 times more than those in the U.S. The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc. Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48 Norway Oslo $6.27 Italy Milan $5.96 Denmark Copenhagen $5.93 Belgium Brussels $5.91 Sweden Stockholm $5.80 United Kingdom London $5.79 Germany Frankfurt $5.57 France Paris $5.54 Portugal Lisbon $5.35 Hungary Budapest $4.94 Luxembourg $4.82 Croatia Zagreb $4.81 Ireland Dublin $4.78 Switzerland Geneva $4.74 Spain Madrid $4.55 Japan Tokyo $4.24 Czech Republic Prague $4.19 Romania Bucharest $4.09 Andorra $4.08 Estonia Tallinn $3.62 Bulgaria Sofia $3.52 Brazil Brasilia $3.12 Cuba Havana $3.03 Taiwan Taipei $2.84 Lebanon Beirut $2.63 South Africa Johannesburg $2.62 Nicaragua Managua $2.61 Panama Panama City $2.19 Russia Moscow $2.10 Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74 Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91 Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78 Egypt Cairo $0.65 Nigeria Lagos $0.38 Venezuela Caracas $0.12 In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said. All prices updated March, 2005. Source: CNN http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/
Politics - 7 Answers
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The wacko european countries end up forcing people to take public transportation and make everyone lived in crowed, rat-raced cities because the governments keep the price of gasoline so high. And, it destroys the economies of small towns by making it hard for people to travel.
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Yes...we are paying at the pumps. We have the ability to produce our own oil, but for some reason there are people in congress who won't let us get it (I'm looking in the Democrats direction).
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Man has the intelligence and mechanical technology and capabilities to invent (and it has been invented) vehicles that burn on natural solar energy, and the reason this hasn't been brought to fruition is because there is no money to be made and money is the reason we stay trapped in using gas for our cars.
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Right, but almost all these countries have comprehensive public transportation systems which are inexpensive and run frequently and reliably. The cities are also constructed much more closely together and in smaller areas, unlike the US, which makes walking and biking much more feasible. A few decades ago, GM illegally purchased all the mass transit systems in the US and systematically shut them down so that people would be forced to buy their cars. That's when our real problems started! GM was slapped with an anti-trust lawsuit but the people responsible were only charged a few dollars each; the entire corporation was fined $1,000.
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FWIW, US gas prices have not yet hit a higher record then that from the early 70's, in inflation-adjusted dollars.
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Dude, what's you question?
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The people in Venezuela got it made!
This chart is from CNN's website. Gas prices around the world (in US dollars per gallon). Pretty astonishing collection of data: Gasoline prices in the United States, which have recently hit record highs, are actually much lower than in many countries. Drivers in some European cities, like Amsterdam and Oslo, are paying nearly 3 times more than those in the U.S. The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc. Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48 Norway Oslo $6.27 Italy Milan $5.96 Denmark Copenhagen $5.93 Belgium Brussels $5.91 Sweden Stockholm $5.80 United Kingdom London $5.79 Germany Frankfurt $5.57 France Paris $5.54 Portugal Lisbon $5.35 Hungary Budapest $4.94 Luxembourg $4.82 Croatia Zagreb $4.81 Ireland Dublin $4.78 Switzerland Geneva $4.74 Spain Madrid $4.55 Japan Tokyo $4.24 Czech Republic Prague $4.19 Romania Bucharest $4.09 Andorra $4.08 Estonia Tallinn $3.62 Bulgaria Sofia $3.52 Brazil Brasilia $3.12 Cuba Havana $3.03 Taiwan Taipei $2.84 Lebanon Beirut $2.63 South Africa Johannesburg $2.62 Nicaragua Managua $2.61 Panama Panama City $2.19 Russia Moscow $2.10 Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74 Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91 Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78 Egypt Cairo $0.65 Nigeria Lagos $0.38 Venezuela Caracas $0.12 In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said. All prices updated March, 2005. Source: CNN http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/
Politics - 7 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
The wacko european countries end up forcing people to take public transportation and make everyone lived in crowed, rat-raced cities because the governments keep the price of gasoline so high. And, it destroys the economies of small towns by making it hard for people to travel.
2 :
Yes...we are paying at the pumps. We have the ability to produce our own oil, but for some reason there are people in congress who won't let us get it (I'm looking in the Democrats direction).
3 :
Man has the intelligence and mechanical technology and capabilities to invent (and it has been invented) vehicles that burn on natural solar energy, and the reason this hasn't been brought to fruition is because there is no money to be made and money is the reason we stay trapped in using gas for our cars.
4 :
Right, but almost all these countries have comprehensive public transportation systems which are inexpensive and run frequently and reliably. The cities are also constructed much more closely together and in smaller areas, unlike the US, which makes walking and biking much more feasible. A few decades ago, GM illegally purchased all the mass transit systems in the US and systematically shut them down so that people would be forced to buy their cars. That's when our real problems started! GM was slapped with an anti-trust lawsuit but the people responsible were only charged a few dollars each; the entire corporation was fined $1,000.
5 :
FWIW, US gas prices have not yet hit a higher record then that from the early 70's, in inflation-adjusted dollars.
6 :
Dude, what's you question?
7 :
The people in Venezuela got it made!
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