[ExI] U.S. deeply imperiled due to it's massive debt

[John Grigg]

I am disturbed by their influence when it comes to elections
(especially the secretive nature of it).  And also their lobbying
power in general is simply overwhelming.  "This candidate has been
brought to you by Target."  I am not talking about taxing them into
the ground.

John

On 9/24/10, Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:33 AM, John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> What real hope is there for the United States, due to our crushing
>> national deficit (our fault) and our growing dependence on China to
>> buy up that debt?  Are we really an empire in full decline?  Or do we
>> just face a very painful 5-10 year economic downturn, that we can
>> overcome if as a nation we learn to "live within a budget" and also
>> keep Wall Street & corporate America in check. LOL!  I guess we are
>> screwed...  This video really disturbed me.
>>
>> http://fora.tv/2010/07/28/Niall_Ferguson_Empires_on_the_Edge_of_Chaos#Niall_Ferguson_Will_Debt_Trigger_the_Collapse_of_the_US
>>
>
> ### Why would you want to keep corporate America in check? To make things
> worse?
>
> Rafal
>
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