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Yeah mane looks great :thumbup:

Moved :)

Moved to MM&T as I think it's more appropriate. I remember Mickey rourkes "hacking" in iron man two was viewing the source of an html page..which isn't even bad as far as the portrayals go.

If you educated people into buying only what they actually need the economy would flop terribly.

I'm not encouraging it, I'm just saying it's an individual choice.

I block the ads on tif.

No, a lot of people don't like alcohol.

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There are a lot of good reasons to not believe in God. Stuff dying isn't one of them.

Translation: "We're projected to pay off the debt and deficit too fast, so I support Bush's tax cuts." He's since admitted that he was wrong on this issue, as well as being wrong on financial deregulation issues and the free market. The only blame that lies with Clinton was the continued banking deregulation that happened under his watch and his neoliberal agenda; however, it all started with Saint Ronnie Reagan. But if you go beyond Clinton, the states has been in debt and run deficits forever - and both republican and democratic congresses and presidents have been responsible. Yes, it amounts to more physical debt, which is my problem with it. I agree that for the most part, republican financial policy is garbage. But how long can we keep increasing spending for? I can't see it having a big enough effect on the economy. Right, so that's a time when debt is acceptable. I just think that the huge majority of the things americans have gone into debt over doesn't fit those qualifications. Interesting, thanks. But at some point action has to be taken against them. Sure, no one is talking about continuing them into the next milennium, only for the next ten years. And then ten years from now, the next ten years after that. At some point, we have to make the hard choices and fix this problem - that's the bottom line. And I'd rather see it done sooner over later.

I'll ban you ALL ALL OF YOU I SAY

Ehh idk about that, I think it depends how often you wash them. I bought a couple pairs of jeans (probably not quite as high quality) and found that they shrunk in the wash to the point that they don't really fit unless I wear them for several days in a row.

It's not exactly hard - just find some random pics from google images, and copy/paste them into paint with text, and submit it!

You can blame the republicans for the most recent crisis, you can't blame them (solely) for the terrible decisions that got us to this point. I do realize that defaulting would probably not have happened but the fact that we came so close was scary enough. Bill Gross: Deficit reduction can — and should — wait I disagree with him - I can't really say any more than that. I think that if you take this opportunity to plunge yourself even further into debt, even if you do lower unemployment you can't do it enough to have significant impact on debt reduction in the future. Imagine, for instance, that the united states had no debt whatsoever and was running a surplus every year for the past 10/20 years. Instead of almost crippling themselves with debt trying to kickstart the economy, they'd have the cash on hand to make a significant kick-start without borrowing at all. This is workable. It's been done before - for example the city I live in (I realize a municipal government isn't the best example, but it is quite a large city) has been debt free for over thirty years. Taxes are fairly low and services are good - all because of a mayor who cares about prudent fiscal management. I can't speak to exactly what reserves we have but when the recession struck here they used stimulus money from the feds coupled with surplus's they had to kickstart the local economy, which from all reports was quite successful - and we're still completely debt-free to this day. No, it doesn't have [bleep] all to do with debts and deficits. While I agree that every country is at the mercy of the worldwide financial situation, running a balanced budget with minimal debt makes it much easier to recover from a recession. No, I wouldn't, because I firmly believe spending money you don't have is a terrible mistake. As a result, I saved like crazy throughout high school and paid for college in cash. Are you looking forward to being saddled with several tens of thousands of debt when you graduate, or currently? I admit I don't know - have a quick fact sheet? I am Canadian, after all. I'd also be curious to hear your thoughts on the article I posted above. (first page)

Unfortunately this is completely true, and I believe it will eventually prove catastrophic for the US.

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The US came within a week of defaulting on their debt - and you're saying there's no debt/deficit problem in the short term? I agree that the stimulus was too weak - but realistically I think it was all that could be done. There's no point in trying to spend yourself out of a hole in the short term only to dig yourself in deeper long term. No, we shouldn't, because that's what got us into this mess in the first place. I don't dislike spending money at all, in fact I encourage it. What I dislike is spending money I don't have. I agree with fixing the health care system, but how exactly do you propose we do that? Just because you claim something is a crisis in the long term (which I disagree with) also doesn't mean we should do nothing to fix it in the short and medium terms.

Even though they don't have a revenue problem, taking real, effective action to reduce this debt requires higher taxes.

I'm not a drug user so I've no idea. But all the stories I've heard have involved the cop dumping the weed on the ground and leaving.

... Obviously I don't mean no one is ever charged. I mean I've never heard of it so it's probably pretty minimal compared to people being charged for possession with intent to sell, or trafficking, or other related offenses.

Actually, I read an interesting article about this just today. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/get-ready-for-armageddon/

I don't know if I agree with cutting social welfare, though I'm all for reforming it. But I agree with the rest :thumbup:

That's because what happened was really not all that major. Think back to the great depression and how much that changed society - that's a little more like what we're heading for. I think what happens to world banks has more effect than you realize. If the government defaults on their debt, everything changes, massively, including the value of money, imports/exports - it's an event with far reaching consequences.

Really? In one week, three major financial institutions in the states failed, and it set off a huge recession. Imagine if the united states government defaulted - do you think the worldwide impact would be less then the crash of 08? EDIT: I feel I should clarify - I don't necessarily think society is going to collapse in an instant. But I believe a combination of bad decisions by our leadership, but citizens as well, is leading us to an incredibly bleak and uncertain future.

It is, but I've never heard of anyone being charged for possession.