Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Nobody Is Stealing Your Jobs, You Spend Too Much On Wars
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Go to bed, you're hallucinating
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Jack Wa Alibaba you might want to research some of the allegation against this guy.
As to his comments he poses a fair question. The debate concerning the use of resources for butter and guns is as old as there have been wars. the answer to the question is depends Personal Best Regards: |
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The concept on it's own is absurd. Military spending creates jobs.
World War II is what got us out of the depression. When weapons, parts, uniforms, food and equipment were needed millions of workers were suddenly employed to manufacture them. Civilian support employees were needed in communications and several other areas. I'm not saying that war is a good thing, but it does have a positive effect on an economy. |
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The entire "world financial system" is a big fraud, a big ponzi. These "banks" who "loan" $ trillions, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank...there's NO collateral behind their loans. They "make money" out of thin air. They type into a computer $10 billion and poof...there it is to be "loaned" for interest...and causing inflation...causing the other dollars to depreciate. It's quite the system, quite the con... A "bank" gives you a piece of paper that you give to someone else to "buy" something...they then take that same piece of paper back and give it to the bank...for "credit"...so later the bank can give THEM that same piece of paper so they can "buy" something from someone else who will simply bring the piece of paper back to the bank again for credit. The cycle repeats over and over. There is no "money", there is credit. We don't use gold or silver to give our "money" value. We have credit. A dollar is $1 "worth" of credit. When you pay cash, you are exchanging pieces of "credit"...for an actual product. |
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Much of what you say is not so
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Not only have we not been paid in full for WWII debts to us but we are still owed money owed for WWI. As to our called fiat currency. As strange as it seems to both you and I, so long as others are willing to exchange goods and services for that printed bit of paper, it does have value. Heck, if you see gold as REAL value it too only has value so long as people are willing to give you goods and services for it. You cannot for example eat gold. We talk about the TWENTY TRILLION DOLLAR national debt like we have any idea what TWENTY TRILLION DOLLARS IS. You mention the Europeans paying us back. I'm not aware of that. The other day Trump publicly stated that only 4 countries are paying what the agreed to for NATO. There was the US, Great Brittan and two far smaller countries. We are THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER IS, THE AMERICAN NATIONAL DEBT IS paying their bill. From what I've read, in the real world we could pay off the national debt in 45 years. The chance of us doing that, the chance of us sticking to a non-existent 45 year plan-IS ZERO. I've read when we talk about dollars, roughly 20% is either coinage or printed bills; the rest is dots and dashes on computers. As, I've posted before, most people believe China is our biggest creditor so they hold most of the national debt. I was shocked to discover Japan actually holds more of our national debt than does China. More important-together Japan and China TOGETHER, hold about 20% of our national debt. SOCIAL SECURITY HOLDS 42% OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. THERE IS NO FIXED INTEREST RATE OR PAYMENT DATE ON THIS LOAN FROM AN ALREADY GOVERNMENT OVER EXTENDED PLAN. It is a house of cards. In history, it has always collapsed. THIS TOO WILL-MUST COLLAPSE. When? What to do? BEATS ME. |
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Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan...they're targets. No wonder so many come back all f@cked up in the head compared to WWII. In WWII they got to FIGHT. They got to invade and kill everything they encountered. Not so for Vietnam and on...in those "wars", they had to act like polite English bobbies...not killing death machines. Being a target messes up your head. You DON'T EVER "win the hearts and minds", a conquered people ALL need to go or you have an enemy for life. |
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War certainly has changed
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1. Re: Atomic bomb Not sure if you are berating the US. But not taught in our liberal controlled schools, both Germany and Japan were also attempting to build an atomic bomb. Germany of course is guilty of the holocaust. Some deny. Perhaps, more do not want to face the facts. The Germans killed off HALF of the Jews in Europe. My father was a forward observer in the Philippines. He is now gone. He never really spoke about it. I do know that he was one of only 18 in his battalion to survive WWII. A battalion is 3-600 men. Had WE not dropped the atomic bomb, I probably would not have been born. My father was supposed to be among the first troops invading Japan. Chance of survival was zero. Estimate of casualties had we needed to invade Japan was ONE MILLION TROOPS. In WWII we insisted on total surrender. Korea, Vietnam, the middle east, we do not seem willing to do what it takes to win. We expect our troops, trained to kill to be diplomats-THIS IS INSANITY. RE: the terrorist attacks you mention. It is as I said, we refuse to do what it takes to WIN. These people, while I cannot understand it truly believe they will get lasting rewards if they die spreading their faith. We insist upon? Were we to kill off the entire family of these terroists. At the next family gathering the father the uncle, the cousins, would perhaps, talk them out of it. Resort to their tactics. If, you question that is fine. They had no trouble finding people to cut heads off on television. They are among us. There are of course many non terrorist muslims. DO TELL THIS FOOL HOW YOU CAN TELL ONE FROM THE OTHER. Oh by the way-I know four people who died at the world trade center. One was a father of two kids. Many years before that I had taught him how to ride a bike. Oh and muslims cheering about 9/11. Trump saw them in New Jersey. A few days after 9/11 I SAW THEM STILL CHEERING IN BROOKLYN. YES, HAD THEY STEPPED IN FRONT OF MY CAR, I HAD DECIDED TO RUN OVER THEM. |
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Re: Isis
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The IRA was fighting England for well over 100 years. One day people rose to power actually they were in power leading the carnage. Any way, people asked WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR. Peace came and it was good for all. Will the same thing happen in the middle east? I HOPE SO. Will it take 100 years? I HOPE NOT. I think-I HOPE-Trumps view that you need to do it yourselves-we will gladly moderate. Any peace we ram down their throats cannot last. The middle east has been at war for generations. They will need to not only want peace but to know haw to live without war. |
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RE: soldiers coming back screwed up
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SOLUTION-I DO NOT HAVE ONE. If you think about it, in the American Revolution the colonists who fought that war were not much different then the fighters in the middle east. The english wanted a gentleman's war. You would line up your men in two or three lines. They were single shot smooth bore guns, The first line would shoot and move back to reload while the next line would move up to fire. The bullets were large but there was no accuracy. More like if you keep shooting you will hit something. The english were far superior in that tactic. Our people, some of whom had rifled guns had far greater accuracy but it took far longer to load. Our people would aim for officers. THAT WAS TOTALLY UNGENTLEMANLY, TERRORISTS? |
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I posit it's because of the helplessness they feel when their hands are tied behind their backs and they're sent out as targets. |
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