On 20/04/2011 7:02 AM, True North wrote:


"I_am_Tosk" wrote in message
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In article , Lil Abner
says...

On 4/19/2011 7:37 PM, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:26:39 -0400, wrote:

On news that MacDonalds plans to hire 50,000

At 16K.... per year. Would that buy a family health care and
retirement?





16,000.00 is less than 1,600.00 in 1970 dollars. Perhaps even half
that. imo
We spent over 350.00 for fuel these past two weeks for trips to Doctors,
groceries and local errands.
we are in fly over country or the majority of America.
The holy mantra, of Wall Street and other Economies for so looong was
that the American dollar's value was too high or that we needed to cut
the value of the dollar to encourage trade or the Globalist Wall
Street's bottom line etc.
our Republic and Economy has been assaulted and raped.
Washington/Wall Street continues to finesse the rape to enlarge their
coffers and keep Keynesians in new thrones and yachts.
America is a fire sale to the rest of the world now thanks to their
success.

The price of gas is killing everybody I know. I hang with real middle
class folks and we can't afford an extra couple hundred a week for gas
and groceries, oil, etc... We were fine when George Bush was president,
actually, more to the point, before Nancy Pelosi took over the House...

Heck, not me. With my F150 115 litres is nothing, and capital gains...
well, no need to worry about the retail pumps prices.

But then I didn't have faith in the stock they call money. Sto money
stock is a rapidly depreciating asset. That is why people are buying
gold -- real money that holds value.

Blame Bush all you want isn't going to change it, and besides it was
Obama that shut down US gulf and coast oil drilling. At which time I
appropriately bought lots of oil anticipating this.

I hope fleabaggers keep voting for these ponzi governments debt
spenders. Makes for good market churn and big profits. I may never be
satisfied with 5% interest again!
--
I can assure you that the road to prosperity is not paved with
fleabagger debt.