Whats up with the Economy

[Lucandrake]

Why do we care for such a thing? Why do we prioretize this sh!t above anything else?

 

It's just cash, not life, so why is it so important?

[Inky]

cash is life.

no cash, no food, clothing, housing, or medicine.

you know the things that keep your frail pink body from dieing.

[ken_cinder]

Why do we care for such a thing? Why do we prioretize this sh!t above anything else?

 

It's just cash, not life, so why is it so important?

 

Get back to myself and the rest of us when you have:

 

1: A child to take care of

 

2: A mortgage and property tax to pay

 

3: Car payments/maintenance

 

And more......

[Wizard]

Do you mean "Down?" YOHOHOHOHO!

 

Seriously. Cash Rules Everything Around Us. The money, dolla, dolla bill y'all.

[2eyez]

Money = POWER. Sad but true. "Money makes a man act funny" Eminem

[KyokugenKiss]

niggaz is broke these days and rent still exist

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

Do not anger the Economy.

[Weirdy]

I was rationalizing this a few weeks ago.

 

A recession "itself" is not real; it's more of a conclusion.

 

The only things real in a recession include people not wanting to spend money (which itself is a whole other problem) and people losing their jobs.

 

tl;dr: half of what makes it a recession is hysteria

[Hera]

I sometimes have issues with my husband when it comes to the importance of money. We have a child, rent to pay, car bill, the other monthly bills, health, life & car insurance, etc. We make it but don't have everything we want. He wants to work more and more to have extra but I find family time more important. I grew up poor...very poor but we still made the best of things because we were together. I personally don't care if everything crashes. Whatever we lack, nature will provide. Sure we wouldn't have the stuff we grew accustomed to and thought we needed.

 

Unfortunately it's at a stage where you can hardly get by but yet you're pretty much stuck. One day, the majority of humanity will start using their brains and become self reliant instead of putting faith on politicians to fix everything. We all know what happens and what will continue to happen until we as people fix the damn problem.

Edited April 30, 2009 by Hera

[mtsaint]

nature only provides when you provide for nature. Farming is hard work and less than 2% of the worlds population are active as farmers. If the economy crashes and anarchy rules expect cannibalism after all the canned foods are gone because they aint no seeds in the city.

 

money power respect keeps you eating right

[Rag]

Economics is still an "in-the-works" field of study. We still don't know how and when to properly accommodate the economy during times of crisis.

 

Recessions are caused by a decrease in aggregate output or the total quantity of goods and services produced by a country, and they are real events. When aggregate output decreases, standard of living decreases, which is very important. This will lead to lower prices and, in most cases, job promoting reforms by the government in order to revive the economy (like hiring manual labor such as building roads).

 

Why do we prioritize the economy? Because we live in a world with a global economy. One break in that link can affect everyone else, which is definitely the case in the recession currently. If you open a history book you'll see the reason most large empires fall is because of lack of understand in commerce and mercantilism (Rome, Spain, etc.)

[Hera]

We can live off the land as long as we're not lazy. People are too lazy to do manual labor so it would never work. There are seeds everywhere and the know-how....it's just not convenient for most.

 

But no matter what steps the government takes, no matter what jobs are lost or gained, we're inevitably going to be in debt to China. They have all the cards and they're biding their time. It's too late for us I think.

[Rag]

We can live off the land as long as we're not lazy. People are too lazy to do manual labor so it would never work. There are seeds everywhere and the know-how....it's just not convenient for most.

 

But no matter what steps the government takes, no matter what jobs are lost or gained, we're inevitably going to be in debt to China. They have all the cards and they're biding their time. It's too late for us I think.

 

Agrarian economies usually fail. There has never been PROPER coordination between farmers and government for sustained periods. That is why so many uprisings in history have been results of mistreatment of peasants.

 

The U.S. is in debt to everyone, the national deficit is almost 11 trillion. But it doesn't mean jack realistically. It will never be payed off.

 

Also there is economic crisis in China as well, like I said, one weakness in the chain and things can go wrong globally.

[Hera]

We can live off the land as long as we're not lazy. People are too lazy to do manual labor so it would never work. There are seeds everywhere and the know-how....it's just not convenient for most.

 

But no matter what steps the government takes, no matter what jobs are lost or gained, we're inevitably going to be in debt to China. They have all the cards and they're biding their time. It's too late for us I think.

 

Agrarian economies usually fail. There has never been PROPER coordination between farmers and government for sustained periods. That is why so many uprisings in history have been results of mistreatment of peasants.

 

The U.S. is in debt to everyone, the national deficit is almost 11 trillion. But it doesn't mean jack realistically. It will never be payed off.

 

Also there is economic crisis in China as well, like I said, one weakness in the chain and things can go wrong globally.

 

 

You're right but I'm talking about a situation where everything crashes and there is no economy. People can survive regardless. I'm not talking about farmers and government. I'm talking about humanity in general. If everything crashed and money had no use, we can still live.

 

China's "crisis" has an upside unlike ours. The economic "stimulus package" that China's rulers have announced will likely do actual good for ordinary people. New low-cost housing, much-needed new railroad lines, and a universal healthcare system are examples of "domestic spending" that were not in the government's budget before the recession hit. This recession in the economy might contribute to an end to one-party rule. If it gets worse, it will change its politics.

[Lucandrake]

That works in small groups of people, not a country with millions of dudes that all have "the right answers".