[ExI] Free Trade

[John Clark]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> But the outcome I am concerned about is if the Singularity doesn’t
> occur, the debt continues to accumulate, the accumulated federal government
> debt puts the fed in a position to where it does nothing but collect money
> to pay interest on what has already been borrowed.  That day is in plain
> sight now.*


*The economic apocalypse was "in plain sight" 20 years ago, about the time
we first had this discussion, and it was also "in plain sight" 120 years
ago when others had almost identical conversations. Do you see any reason
why the matter is more urgent now than it was 20 years ago, or 120 years
ago? I sure don't! *

*And even if you want to reduce the federal budget do you really believe
the first thing you should do is DRASTICALLY reduce the amount of money
spent on basic scientific research, and on cancer research, and on vaccine
research, and reduce the quality of healthcare that the poorest 30% of the
population receives when it was already pretty lousy? He Who Must Not Be
Named believes that is the best way to save money. I disagree.  *

*John K Clark      *





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> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 16 October, 2025 3:15 AM
> *To:* spike at rainier66.com
> *Cc:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Free Trade
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