Prepare for US economic collapse

reply to post by mad scientist


Absolutely, very good point. There's the low, and the lowest of the low. We're all in the same boat with the "Jenga" style economic caste system we've all been bred into and continue to contribute to. If he wants to make a jump to the next echelon, my advice is probably the easiest way to do it. From a personal perspective, I don't find worth in money anymore. I've tried to extract myself from the ant race as much as I possibly could have.

Yesterday evening on a local news station to me, they were discussing the differences between a single mom of today and a single mom of 30 years ago. This was the topic as a single mom had yesterday burned her house to the ground killing herself and her 3 children, and they were discussing the stress she must have been under.

They tossed numbers up on the television screen showing that in the last 30 years:

housing costs have risen by 78%.......medical costs by 85%..............vehicle costs by 60%..........food and clothing by 45%...........utility costs up 70%

I was dumbfounded.

No WONDER when my mother asked my WHY I have not bought a house like she did when she was 30............I had no answer for her.
I know when she bought her house in 1972 the asking price 27,500....and that same house today is appraised at over 300 THOUSAND dollars.

Today is a chilly day and instead of turning up the heat my son and I added a second layer of clothing.

We will not be giving out candy to trick-or-treaters..........our lights will be out. I am VERY sorry to the little kids, but this can not be helped, you need to try another door, and better luck to you.
Please forgive me.

[edit on 31-10-2007 by theRiverGoddess]

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All the while and partially because the unbacked U.S. Dollar slips further and further down in value.

The average single mother is a hero in her own right!

50 years ago women wanted to go into the workforce. Now that the economy has adjusted for that, they want out?

Its all about change, folks. People want progress, they get it, and there are always consequences. Our economy hasn't changed that much in recent years. There are always ups and downs. A crash? You bet its coming. I'm sure I'm not the only one panicked about the potential of a Democrat being elected in the next election; a Democrat who is sure to try to socialize medicine, raise taxes on the so-called "rich" (you know, the people who EMPLOY other people that keeps our economy moving), and, good lord, now they want the government to match $ for $ private savings accounts? Someone as desperate to get elected as Democrats generally act are sure to screw this country into the dirt.

People like my dad and uncle, who employ 30% of the employable in a small Iowa town, are sure to back things off a bit if a Democrat is put in charge. I know because they've told me. I don't think they'll be the only ones.

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Must be nice with your dad and uncle running the small town of Iowa...

Remember not everyone can have a rich daddy.

The rest of the people may have a different view then the "BOSSES"
they ush' do (wonder why?)

try living in reality for a bit....without your dad's help...then we will see.

and here in Canada we have a good health care system and this should be
standard for any person..esp when they are sick and the hospital can treat them...it should be paid for by the BOSS otherwise the Employee will not be
there to make the BOSS rich.

Just my Canadian 2'cents'.

Your Canadian Friend,
Sven

Yeah I do see our economy slowly crumbling away, and its all due to the wars and other bull# implemented by the government. I see a collapse in our economy in the foreseeable future..

The only hope we have here in the US is for a complete and dramatic shift in the way our government operates. We were designed and built on the precepts of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and that enabled us to flourish for almost 200 years. The concept, form an international perspective, was utterly revolutionary. We proved to the world over 7 generations that our system produced the greatest prosperity, security and quality of life.

Then the elite, the very group that our forefathers revolted against, began to work in this country to circumvent and dissassemble the Constitution so that they could advance their personal agendas and greed. They infiltrated the media, the government, business, education and especially banking in order to regain their hold on the assets of this country. Essentially, they just slowly bought-off our representatives and pushed them to pass legislation that advanced their agendas at our expense. And, out of ignorance and inaction, we let them do it.

I read posts on this board all the time glamourising 'guns-in-the-streets' and grizzly adams living off the grid. If we get to that it won't be nearly as glamorous and the outcome won't be some new, utopian country. There are alot of entities out there with a vested interest in seeing the United States cut-up and parted-out. We will be powerless to stop them for any sustainable period. There will be far too much suffereing, disaease and despair.

Our only chance and I sincerely mean our ONLY chance is to put a stop to this right now. This election. We have a chance to restore the Constitution and get this train back on-track. We need our representative government back. We need that government to adhere to the tenets of the Constitution and their oaths of office (...to support and defend the Constitution) which apparently are just a string of random words to most of our elected officials.

I urge everyone who cares, everyone who has any dream of a future to please, please look into Ron Paul and support him. He is the ONLY Constitutionalist and his record in Congress over ten terms is impeccable. He has never accepted donations from corporations and never supported any legislation that ran counter to the Constitution. Our only hope is to return to the principals that this country was designed to operate on and Ron Paul is the only candidate who has made that his mission and platform.

Despite the mainstream media's concerted effort to block and ignore Dr. Paul's campaign he has raised more money (and entirely from regular people like you and I) than some 'top tier' candidates. Also, he has gotten more contributions from the military than ANY other candidate. That has GOT to tell you something. I also urge people to support his candidacy on November 5th. The mission on that day (next Monday) is to raise more money in a single day than any other candidate in history in order to send a clear and unmistakable message to the mainstream media and the 'powers-that-be'. We can turn this around but we need to ACT. It doesn't matter what other candidate you support --- they've all been bought-and-paid-for by big business. Dr. Paul is the only one whose support is exclusively from individuals. And always has been.

For the record: I am not affiliated with Dr. Paul's organization in any way, shape or form. I'm not a grassroots activist. I've never been to one of his rallies or 'meet-ups'. My point of view comes from the breadth of perception that comes from advanced age. This is it people. The new revolution starts now or it will be too late for it to ever happen. Make no mistake about it.



For the record,

Postings like this make me sick

Its a good thing for the rest of the world and all you America haters on here that this will never happen.

Do any of you know your history? When America stumbles, we get back up, dust ourselves off and fix whats wrong! Remember the depression in the 1930's? America was dead in the eyes of the world. We came back stronger than ever.

There is not enough room on the servers of ATS to lists all the things that are wrong with the thesis of the thread. I will not watse anymore time on this post, as preaching to masses, does not work, when the masses are beyond being able to comprehend.

This will be my only posting here, so while I am gone, enjoy beating me up.

Off to threads with actual substance.

[edit on 31-10-2007 by traderonwallst]

Do any of you know your history? When America stumbles, we get back up, dust ourselves off and fix whats wrong! Remember the depression in the 1930's? America was dead in the eyes of the world. We came back stronger than ever.

Sure but it would also serve you well to find out the reason for the collapse that happened 77 years ago so that you could avoid the same thing happening again. The same people WILL repeat the transfer of wealth, and I doubt that there is anything that can be done.