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Forum: USA

Feb 8th 2008, 2:16 am

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The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

Meh, don't worry, I'll be back with the usual rubbish soon. I'm afraid I am one of those people that believes no-one is going to hell (or heaven for that matter).

If I were religious, I think I'd...

Forum: USA

Jan 26th 2008, 6:35 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

I never said it was - just that it overoccupied territory, overspent, and overexpanded the military. I never thought I was going to have the state capitalist debate on BE!

No-one said that Jesus...

Forum: USA

Jan 25th 2008, 7:14 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

"...the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, ... the spirit of spiritless conditions. It is the opiate of the people."

Exactly - what kind of Communist would say that?
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Forum: USA

Jan 25th 2008, 6:28 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

Jesus wasn't a Communist - "rendering unto Caeser" means ignoring the ownership of the means of production, and half the proverbs are about people faithfully serving landowners and masters.

And...

Forum: USA

Jan 25th 2008, 2:16 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

Tim for Pres! Absolutely right.

Forum: USA

Jan 23rd 2008, 4:40 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

Even people that go to Ivy League schools to do science generally expect/hope that they're going to go into management/policy/corporate side of those industries rather than be problem solvers with...

Forum: USA

Jan 23rd 2008, 4:38 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

I did done think about it ;) , and it won't. People that use the rebate to dig themselves out of debt aren't going to go out and spunk their first "clear" paycheck on consumer goods and stimulate the...

Forum: USA

Jan 22nd 2008, 8:48 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

But paying off credit card debt won't stimulate the economy - it's your duty as an American (consumer) to go out and buy some more crap you don't need and put it on your flexible friend!

Forum: USA

Jan 22nd 2008, 3:14 pm

Replies: 111

The US economy

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Posted By lapin_windstar

Re: The US economy

Doomed, we're all doomed, laddie!

Off the cuff and as an amateur not based in those states: what can "they" do? They're all privately owned companies with labor costs far higher than any overseas...

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