How would you fix the economy ?

[painter]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Where did you dig up this old thread? I thought it was new and was reading along wondering what was up until I noticed the date. One salient point, people's positions have not changed much over the two years.

Just a reminder bhunter. People have such short memories when it comes to "lets repair those bridges and roads."

While I am at it...another Dollar Store will be opening in our neighborhood! There are five within FOUR miles of my front door!!!
I've been in a few. They employ maybe three individuals on a week-end to man/woman the cash registers...and shelves are stocked by a call in (from what I was told). So how this is going to take down the unemployment line is beyond me.
Your tax dollar and mine at work????

[merrylander]

I would legalize drugs, this would do several things;

1 Raise money for public works, health care, etc.

2 Starve the Mexican and Columbian drug lords.

3 Bankrupt the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

Anyone who wants to fry his brain on coke or meth is perfectly free to do so, drugs would be so cheap that they would not need to steal to support their habit.

Pushers would no longer have a profit motive to get young people hooked on drugs so eventually the market would dry up except perhaps for marijuana for people with terminal illnesses.

Drug war solved.

[merrylander]

What, no arguments?

[noonereal]

Drugs will never be legal.

Drugs=Bad

Bad=Illegal

It's ashame they were ever made illegal because now people think you are trying to legalize sin.

The same with sex.

The same with gambling.

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by merrylander

What, no arguments?

I'm with ya on this one Rob.

[Grumpy]

I figure its time to revisit this question after 5 months. Did the economy get any better to make you change your thoughts on how to fix this mess ?

[merrylander]

They need to hurry up and set a watchdog on Wall Street, they are still playing silly buggers.

[Grumpy]

They need to hurry up and stop lining the pockets of those that don't need it.

[Bigerik]

I don't know, but I am really starting to think that the US economy is not fixable anymore.The corruption and greed has taken a hold of all of US aspects of the US citizenry to such an extant that any meaningful discussions will not take place to correct things. Just look at the negative discussions around health care. Having all of your citizens healthy and able to contribute to your country is an obvious GOOD THING, but those discussions turned so ugly it just beggared belief.
So, how are you going to make the real hard decisions that will be needed to turn the country around? For instance, the manufacturing base of American needs to be restored. People have to start being willing to pay more to purchase US made goods, and pay much more if needed, to kill the huge trade deficits. The trade deficits are a huge cut to the jugular of the United States, and real wealth is just pouring out of the country. There will be no economic recovery until the trade deficits are corrected. But who will tell Americans they need to stop buying Japanese cars right now or purchasing Chinese DVD players at Wal-Mart for $39? Who will tell the corporations that they have to stop exporting jobs and closing down plants in the US and take the $.05 per share hit of the bottom line?
To be honest, it looks like something worse than the depression is going to be needed to turn America around. And from what I see, the worse is still ahead of you guys....

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Bigerik

I don't know, but I am really starting to think that the US economy is not fixable anymore.The corruption and greed has taken a hold of all of US aspects of the US citizenry to such an extant that any meaningful discussions will not take place to correct things. ....

It has always been that way. Just an FYI.