I always wpndered about if you redistributed all the wealth, 5 years from now, would the people that were wealthy and succesful and the people who were living on the margins be back in the same boat again?pippinwhitepaws said:Population: 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.) this is from us factbook...
so let me get this correct...
700 billion bailout for financial markets, 15 billion for the auto industry...
couldn't we avoid a depression by not sending money to international corporations, but a billion to every person who has a social security number? even if you include the illegals in the bailout, we still save 400+ billion...
who would complain about 4.00 gallon gas then?
You math is WAY off. 1 billion for every person in your figure would add up to 303824640000000000.00 I am not sure but I think this would be three hundred three quadrillion or quintillion. Don't quote me...pippinwhitepaws said:Population: 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.) this is from us factbook...
so let me get this correct...
700 billion bailout for financial markets, 15 billion for the auto industry...
couldn't we avoid a depression by not sending money to international corporations, but a billion to every person who has a social security number? even if you include the illegals in the bailout, we still save 400+ billion...
who would complain about 4.00 gallon gas then?
Michigan Badger said:Great thread.
I think the article you gave the link to is good and I partly agree with it. He thinks TV will be the average Americans main "toy" during the depression period. I personally see many of these cable TV/phone/internet setups going down the tubes. When money is really tight the expensive cable setups will be dropped by most folks.