tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post1395065999503082584..comments2023-10-26T01:39:50.304-07:00Comments on Sarcasm 101: One American Family: A Parablerubyspikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06960381846323445061noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post-88172298288103309022011-04-28T07:48:05.652-07:002011-04-28T07:48:05.652-07:00I think someone is suggesting that I should resear...I think someone is suggesting that I should research the US Dollar. OK... off I go to research the US Dollar. Fun times ahead.rubyspikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264207401334871402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post-20303683505901363512011-04-23T08:06:52.850-07:002011-04-23T08:06:52.850-07:00The U.S. Dollar remains a currency standard for th...The U.S. Dollar remains a currency standard for the world.....the question is if it will continue and if not what that means to the U.S. economy.....if anyone is worried about our economy, that is the area to research....clearly some of us are better at research than others (You know who you are).....that just might be a point to ponder.....maybe even more than just pondering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post-65792034218856760662011-04-21T19:36:04.460-07:002011-04-21T19:36:04.460-07:00Ugh. This election is a bit of a doozy too..as one...Ugh. This election is a bit of a doozy too..as one of the parties running (we have four major ones) basically wants to eliminate national healthcare. You know, the thing that most countries actually WANT and are working towards. When yes, we are in debt - but not nearly in comparison to a lot of countries. Sigh. I'm pretty liberal and like my health care/welfare/knowing that even if there ARE flaws - everyone - no matter what..could be taken care of if they need it. A lot of the things that one party in particular is saying scares the heck out of me. I usually can be pretty tolerant..and see others POV...but I haven't liked our current PM/things he has said since I first started reading/follwing info about him before he even got elected YEARS ago. Scary. <br /><br />ANYWAY.<br /><br />That was so helpful in clarifying it a lot - I mean, I got a lot from your ACTUAL blog post - and put it together with the bits and pieces I DID know - but plain and simple helps my brain these days..haha! My brain has been so boggled lately..that following the election here..and a few other headlines from BBC.com are most of the news that I scan right now..usually I'm a news junkie. <br /><br />I remember one of my teachers and I have a conversation while I was in highschool (this was at least 10 years ago) about how scary it was that the US was teetering on the verge of being able to make less as a country on a whole then its debt..or maybe it's debt payments (There is a term for this - but I'm not good at remembering terms. Especially late at night. Especially ECONOMIC terms. Ew.) Basically..it just spelled out BAD - and me - a 15 year old was talking/worrying about this a DECADE ago. I think people seemed pretty shocked that this whole debacle is happened/happening..yet..economists (and a few rural Canadian teenagers who are giant dorks) have been talking about it for a while now..<br /><br />I really hope for the sake of your country and the world..that people put aside their stupid selfish differences and come up with a plan that will be best for EVERYONE and EVERYTHING. That can meet peoples needs, that they can stabilize and revitalize the country and its economy - and work on paying down debt..for the country, it's people and the future. Sigh. There HAS to be a way.Daydreaming Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01126610885898239043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post-65977285345191606942011-04-21T10:34:22.580-07:002011-04-21T10:34:22.580-07:00*sigh* A sweet Canadian girl is disappointed that ...*sigh* A sweet Canadian girl is disappointed that she's not up on her American politics. Meanwhile, exactly 7 Americans know that Canadians even have elections, much less that there is one upcoming.<br /><br />In short, a while back the US Congress decided that they would put in a cap on how much the US could borrow. Now, every time we get close to that cap (which has happened several times), Congress has to vote to raise it. Basically all economists agree that this whole process is ridiculous. If they don't raise the cap (aka the debt ceiling), the US cannot pay it's bills because there simply isn't any more money and they aren't allowed to issue any more treasury notes, because those increase our debt. It's pretty obvious that if the US doesn't pay out on all the treasuries already out there in the world economy, it's going to have an incredibly SEVERE impact on the world.<br /><br />But the thing that's so annoying is that most everyone knows this. So every time we come close, the party not in power throws up their hands and says that they're not going to go along, knowing that they full well have to or risk a global collapse. But it means that we have to listen to people say things like, "If an American family ran their household the way the American government does..." and a bunch of other nonsense.<br /><br />The debt ceiling is not the problem. The problem is the failure to come together and figure out how to actually bring the debt under control.<br /><br />Ahh. There I go again. <br /><br />Sorry.rubyspikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264207401334871402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post-83955168244957656722011-04-21T08:35:46.362-07:002011-04-21T08:35:46.362-07:00Sigh - I'm not as up on American politics as I...Sigh - I'm not as up on American politics as I would like to be..so don't know if I feel like I can REALLY say as much as I would normally on a subject like this.. (I'm totally wrapped up in Canadian politics right now..we're about to have an election..)<br /><br />..But this entire issue just..scares me. And frightens me. Beyond belief..and I just feel like there HAS to be a reasonable, logical way for everyone to work together to create a solution that will work. Sigh.Daydreaming Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01126610885898239043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233575308075184290.post-28754535135410691612011-04-21T07:36:19.056-07:002011-04-21T07:36:19.056-07:00This was a good parable to explain things, only yo...This was a good parable to explain things, only you made the husband and wife far too mature about it if it is meant to represent our government, sadly :pOakParkGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043572322774639noreply@blogger.com