Houses don't appreciate. The dollars used to buy them depreciate. If you look at housing "appreciation" rates over the very long term and...
Jay, basically you're saying our deficit is funding the development of other economies. I don't think anyone is disagreeing with that. In...
Question: if inflation is not caused by bankers (as you say, "they are having their money stolen from inflation"), then what is the source of...
The all or nothing argument. Noone said that gold would usher in a utopian era of everlasting peace and stability. But it would certainly...
true, but income to the company isn't necessarily beneficial to the country as a whole. Let's say the owner of the company is not a saver or...
I don't know the automaking business, but it seems reasonable that auto manufacturing has become so highly automated that labor costs may very...
posted on http://www.switch2hydrogen.com April 27th: Instead of moving forward with our research, 100% of our time and money is now being...
It seems this thread has accurately defined the problem of high oil prices and it's negative effects. But I've yet to hear a solution on any of...
I think what your saying is: If Iran changes their transaction currency, the dollar will drop, raising the price of oil for the US. Possibly...
This might clarify it: When you think about an individual transaction to buy oil (or any other commodity), you simply exchange your Euros for...
so libertad says that the Bush presidency was engineered by the board of Halliburton in an effort to raise the price of oil. limitdown says the...
I agree.... he makes no sense and I've also been battling back and forth... possiblities: 1. his original writings were a lie. (he didn't...
America! Fuck yeah! Coming again... to save the mother fuckin' day yeah. America! Fuck yeah!
and beautifully.. the consensus of the vote is: DO NOTHING we're so fucked
A couple of random thoughts: - I forget the percentages, but something like 90% of the oil produced comes from nationalized companies. ie. not...
unfortunately most people don't understand this: the Fed sets policy and then lets human nature take over from there. imagine if you were in...
yeah it's a good chart. i kind of like it. it shows just how great the republicans are at working the system. they know where the REAL...
yes of course. but i'm not sure i'd place too much planning on his shoulders. he panicked and flooded the world with liquidity. it happened to...
assuming this isn't already blatantly obvious, account deficits: - why do we trade with other countries? because they have things we want like...
yes. Tara saw the 20% appreciation rate, multiplied that by $200,000 and found $40K just waiting for her. So she took her $5000 savings...
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