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2024-04-29 Economy

Mounting Evidence Is Pointing To A Nightmare Scenario For The US Economy

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-29 02:49|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [216 views ] Top

#1 I wonder what the reasons could be? Could offshoring the industry - while simultaneously vastly increasing social spending* - could have anything to do with it?

*In particular turning your higher education institutes to kindergartens for "special children", and then increasing public sector to give all the graduates (in intersectionality of the decolonization of the post-colon) white collar jobs.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-29 04:51|| 2024-04-29 04:51|| Front Page Top

More than one hundred year addiction of borrowing to finance the MIC and forever wars ?

American Horses for the South African War, 1899–1902

"In the spring of 1902, American newspapers reported that Great Britain had established a military base in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the shipment of horses and mules from the United States to South Africa; they were to be remounts for the South African War, 1899–1902, the last fully horse-powered war in history. From the perspective of animal studies, while the horses and mules were not necessarily seen as mercenaries, they could be viewed as conscripted, foreign equine soldiers. With this in mind, when an article in an American news magazine asked in a headline, “Are the British Recruiting Americans to Fight the Boers?,” the answer had to be a resounding “Yes!”

Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-29 06:18|| 2024-04-29 06:18|| Front Page Top

#3 The USA just needs to wait for the ‘INFLATION REDUCTION’ act to kick in; just like the ‘AFFORDABLE Healthcare’ act lowered healthcare costs!

Posted by Airandee 2024-04-29 06:43|| 2024-04-29 06:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Government Snake Oil. There's money to be made here, and lots of it. You didn't come to Washington for the scenic views.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-29 06:45|| 2024-04-29 06:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Stop spending. Golly gee whiz. Anything that wasn't a budget item in 1970, gets sequestered.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-29 07:14|| 2024-04-29 07:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Military Aid 'Is Not Charity to Ukraine,' U.S. Jobs Are Being Created

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-29 08:41|| 2024-04-29 08:41|| Front Page Top

#7 The plan seems to be: borrow money, dump it into Ukraine, see the stock market go up based on Raytheon et al, claim that the economy is doing great, and claim that inflation is under control.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-04-29 09:33|| 2024-04-29 09:33|| Front Page Top

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