The Mother Board

[c327]

This may be interesting?

Seeing as I have lived the American dream for quite a while (vintage 1941) I have been able see where I was and where I am now and can only guess what a bankruptcy will do to American's.

As the gravy train pulls into the train station I can see many folks wondering around with no place to go and no food to eat. I can see the value of the American dollar going to zero overnight (it's probably half way there already) I vision folks carrying guns if they are lucky enough to have any in order to protect what they have from their neighbors down the street. There will be mass riots in the streets and a total loss of law and order. People not knowing what to do or not being able to deal with the sudden hardships will take their lives probably mostly democrats (they were on the gravy train on the way to the promised land).

OK so whats your take on the deal ??????
_________________
“Respect cannot be learned, purchased or acquired - it can only be earned” "Pay It Forward"

[Karlsweldt]

Doubtful it will happen. There are contingency plans in place to prevent that.
Not only the United States, going bankrupt, but the entire economy of the world would be at stake! The American Dollar is a base of most economic standards.. and loss of that standard would create worse than a pandemic!
The Federal Reserve (which backs all American currency) has huge reserves of "hard" money.. gold, platinum and silver.. which ensures the value of paper and coin currency.
The true problem is the liberal spending of taxpayer dollars on worthless "pork barrel" projects that benefit a few, costing the majority dearly. Stop the frivolous, wanton spending bills, and see how fast the economy rebounds!!!
The 'Great Depression' time was before my being.. but there are still many seniors that lived through it. Violence was not a great problem, as poverty was wide-spread.. and there was really nothing to "acquire" from theft and violence. Those few citizens that did have secure finances did provide sustenance to the masses.. and were regarded as "saintly".
_________________
F@H.. to solve mankind's maladies.. in our lifetimes!

[fussnfeathers]

Actually, Karl, the value of all currency is based on the value of the Yen. If/when that crashes, so does most of the free world.
_________________
Mine go to 11

[c327]

[Karlsweldt]

[fussnfeathers]

No doubt. We're all tied to each other in a massive lend/borrow/give away marathon, and it ain't going to end soon (blame Reaganomics for that one).
_________________
Mine go to 11

[evasive]

We never had Reagan over here and still are in the same tredmill. It's called capitalism...
_________________
We hate rut, but we fear change.



System error, strike any user to continue...

[cw4cam]

Instead of Reganomics or capitalism, what we need is some good old COMMUNISM like the soviets had some time back. We would all be paid the same and all have the same kind of stuff. Maybe we could come up with an automobile every one could own like the Zil or Trebant. Our money could be valued at 10% higher than the most valued currency in the world.
Or maybe this wouldn't work??
_________________
"A pessimist sees a problem with an opportunity. an optimist sees an opportunity with a problem."
Winston Churchill

Civilization is invaded by barbarians every generation. (author unknown)

[bdub]

so you rather to be trickled upon? that is the rights intention, to have the rich hold their member out and reign down on the peons out of the "goodness" of their hearts. oh, blessed are the rich.
_________________
my main rig...
asrock 970 extreme3
AMD athlonII X3 440
zalman cpns5x performa hs/fan
crucial ballistix 2x4gb sport ddr3-1333
powercolor 3850 256bit/512meg vga
antec neo he 650r
kingston hyperx 3k ssd 120GB
seagate 500GB HDD 32M cache
seagate 750GB HDD 32M cache
hitachi 1TB HDD 32M cache
lg wh14ns40 bd burner
optiarc ad-7240s sata dvdrw (nec chipset)

[Roach412]

you must have rich and poor, lazy and driven. if there's no division between what people want, and what people have then there's no motivation to do anything better than anyone's worst.

sure people villify rich people, some of them truly deserve it. some, are just way more motivated and talented. if they had no incentive (being filthy rich) then would you think they would take the risks they did, and worked as hard as they did to do what they accomplished? yeah, didn't think so.

yeah, it sucks people are rich and are d**ks about it, but saying everyone should be treated the same and given all the same is simply a gross oversimplification.

i believe in incentivization, rather than punishment. when my state passed a smoking ban i was actually against it - i wanted them to provide benefits to adopters and people willing to do something different/better for others. rather, now we just punish people for running their business and lives their own way. without incentives, everything is essentially a punishment. think of work - if you didn't get paid for your efforts, what's the difference between that and prison labor? you get free food and housing, but it's identical across the board, that guy that does nothing gets the same as somebody busting their butt. screw that. i'll work harder than somebody else and would expect more freedoms or benefits for doing so. such is some people's drive to be better. without that incentive, what's the point?

-Roach
_________________
Lian Li Lancool First Knight Series PC-K59W
Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz
EVGA X58 FTW3 132-GT-E768-TR
EVGA GTX 560ti FPB
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB)
Crucial M4 128gb SATAIII SSD
Corsair Professional Series HX850 PSU