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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JoeSmith, post: 725334, member: 18021&quot;]I think we&#039;ll see the end of the dollar in 5 years, I see us going on a world currency.&nbsp; The reason is political, so I&#039;ll try to dance around talking politics.&nbsp; The current power structure favors a global approach.&nbsp; Its the perfect way to really stick it to the rich.&nbsp; The world bank, or some entity, will tell us how much debt we can run, and it won&#039;t be like its been lately.&nbsp; The price of everything will go up.&nbsp; This will be done to protect foreigners who are holding so much of our debt.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to conduct thought experiments.&nbsp; Suppose our government were to decide to give 1 million dollars to everyone.&nbsp; It would certainly stimulate the economy, everyone would have lots of money to spend.&nbsp; But, everyone would retire, so you wouldn&#039;t be able to buy a cup of coffee in a restaurant, the waitresses would have all quit.</p><p><br /></p><p>I live in Michigan, the state that has led the nation in unemployment for the last 8 years.&nbsp; We have 15% unemployment, but you don&#039;t see people wearing signs saying &quot;I need a job&quot;.&nbsp; No one wants to work.&nbsp; For years we&#039;ve been borrowing, as a nation and as individuals.&nbsp; This can&#039;t go on forever.&nbsp; We have to consume less, and produce more.&nbsp; We have to produce things of value, which means people have to work.&nbsp; How do you get people to work?&nbsp; That&#039;s really simple, stop paying them not to.&nbsp; But, I don&#039;t see this happening.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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