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Are you saying that there is unlimited money? How can that be when there are limited resources?
Originally posted by Whereweheaded
reply to post by DZAG Wright
To directly identify the above, that's what the original poster was stating, that the Fed's do in fact create money and credit out of thin air. With no tangible asset backing the dollar, the Feds are able to manipulate the market, and the currency, thus inflating the dollar.
" Limited resources"? Bwahahaha...tell that to the Fed's!edit on 11-3-2011 by Whereweheaded because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by zappafan1
REPLY: WHAT? Are you really serious? Communism is the absence of freedom; they are mutually exclusive. A few of my friends came to America from Marxist/Communist countries, as did my grandparents. The only people who benefit from Communism are those who run the show. PLEASE tell me you didn't go to school in America. If you did, you should ask for your (I should say "our") money back. That is the kind of crap they teach at most of the elite colleges like Harvard, Cornell, Yale et al. None of them should get one dollar from the taxpayer, in fact should be sued, because they are selling a defective product
Originally posted by zappafan1
reply to post by Daughter2
First, you DO know that the term "rich" includes those making $110k per year... hardly "rich" by most standards. What do you think they do with their money... paper their den with it? Ask the (mostly union) workers if they care some "rich" guy buys a Cadillac or Lexus or....? What do you think they'd say?
Money equals freedom, and trying to explain freedom to many Americans is like trying to explain the concept of "wet" to a fish.
Your comment, " the lack of controls" would suggest that government regulation, or intervention is necessary.
Originally posted by zappafan1
reply to post by Daughter2
Not true, because you can create your own wealth. There is no finite amount of wealth/money. And what someone above said, wealth cannot be created without resources or laborers, is total fiction. Common sense is a resource, as is wisdom or intelligence. As mentioned, wealthy people (not always the elite) put their money in banks or invest it, which others down the chain use to fund their own goals or to fulfill their own dreams.
Whatever money someone else has, whether it's $5 or one million, was NOT taken from you, unless someone broke into your house or stole your purse... or it went to public unions (taxes) or government (taxes.) To think that reveals someone who is bitter and envious.
edit on 11-3-2011 by zappafan1 because: Content
Originally posted by zappafan1
reply to post by DZAG Wright
As I mentioned, I have family who escaped Communism in Europe. I know first hand what they went through. It appears to be you who believe the false promises of Communism. One only has to look to North Korea, Cuba or Venezuela to see what always happens; and the scenario will always play itself out the same.
By the way, since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and all types of documents were shared between us and them, it turns out that McCarthy was quite correct.
edit on 11-3-2011 by zappafan1 because: Added content