Quite by chance tonight DickHead...
... I came across (not literally before you say it!) this Fortune 500 article...
[url]http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/11/news/economy/economic_collapse_GDP_unemployment.fortune/index.htm[/url]
To paraphrase... 'The 90% GDP debt ratio is the rubicon from which there is no return'
Getting the message yet? The US is fucked and so better get used to it now and start planning to preserve your wealth and assets!!
Incidentally, I'm moving out to the Far East...
The Prevalent Ignorance on This Forum is Giving Me a Headache
[QUOTE=DJ FourMoney]Less likely to be like the 1930's, got UI, SS, Medicaid, etc, etc. Just enough of a social safety net to prevent a complete collapse.
With roughly 20% of the population unemployed, you don't have much room for error...[/QUOTE]I don't have the time to pick apart the errors in your argument and the arguments of your cohorts. Nevertheless, the national unemployment rate in the United States is 9.5% and has been between 9.5% and 10.1% for the last twelve months.
-Helpmann :rolleyes: