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The problem for many is under the Bush II administration is that the old saying that 'the rich get richer and the poor get poorer' is true and actually accellerating. The middle is getting squeezed. If you are in the middle, you have to fight to get on the right side of the curve, if you are below it, there is no hope. If you were lucky enough to have invested internationally when Bush came into office, you would have been fine, if you only had domestic assets then you may not be. The falling dollar has been great for me, but I understand how it has hurt many people, however I also understand that many of these same people are too stupid to know how to help themselves (Enormous SUVS and trucks) Buying Homes as 'investments', using leverage in the form of mortgages on these investment homes, buying a new motorcycle when a 5 year old bike would suffice. To all of you that believe that living in debt is a certainty, you are wrong and you deserve to be poor.

Americans need to understand how to not consume so much stuff. The shrinking middle class will not sacrifice, they won't even skip buying a XBOX360 even though the old XBOX is fine, hell skip all that bull**** and play basketball or monopoly. They won't buy a small car, for some reason they need a Expedition, they won't buy a small house, they drink expensive Vodka, they smoke cigarettesWhile I understand how/why many people are hurting today financially, I KNOW that many people asked for it and deserve to be getting poorer.

Go ahead, let the hating begin.

 

I agree with fishfryer. [Now lets bring religion into this political thread] As a move toward a less Christian nation people have started to not think about consequences. Being less disciplined in their finances has led to people being in bad positions. If anything a recession would be good for this nation. I think people need to remember what self discipline is.

 

I don't think anyone has gotten close to going over the line; if they do, we can kill it no problem. Thus far I think everyone has had a pretty good debate. I didn't even think of this being political, although, I do admit it is. I just thought it was funny as hell they put Bush on a zero dollar bill.

 

This one is for you Demon...Our Godless nation and its people are searching for solace by creating a world of materialism. For all of you that hold false Idols ahead of the Lord will face financial ruin. Spend TIME with your family, not money.

 

The cake is a lie

 

This is as rich as any of us will ever be...good call Frydaddy!

 

this guy is a retard.. dont think those numbers are accurate.. and ps.. doesnt matter what the economic growth rate is, if consumers are spending more than they would recieve in breaks on fuel and energy costs to heat thier homes and run thier cars!

PS im an oil and gas broker.. so i know just what the bush admin is doing to keep prices high.. its bush's retirement plan.. repubs open your eyes please!

 

Here are some more of the new bills:

 

I just remembered something weird when I was looking at the -1 dollar bill. I was thinking, oh they just scanned it and added the '-'. Well, back to the point, when we bought our new copier at work, a $10K Konica Minolta, the salesman was here on delivery and was telling us that he has been told that its such a high quality printer that if you attempt to copy any US bill, it will lock the machine down and have to be unlocked by a technician. None of us were willing to test it out, lol. Just thought it was a little pop-trivia for ya!