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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:12 AM Original message |
How can we have an economy based on the consumption of good... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. nor an economy where the only way to keep people employed a/o alive is to produce & consume more & |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. My old microwave from the early 1980s just died after close to 30 years of service. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's a scary thought... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. We're a Self-Service Economy |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. It is really easy. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Look at all the stuff that is advertised to give you a jolt so you can |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. yet the same system goes after people |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think the offshoring began in earnest in the '80s |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 03:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Precisely |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. most people are still making enough money |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The service transactions don't perculate through the economy as |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Service providers buy more when they get more customers also |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Money as debt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent observation. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. From what I understand, he was a bit of an ass hole.... |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. That's why Poppy Bush called it "voodoo economics" |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Right on target, WC |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. All the developed economies are becoming more service oriented with fewer in manufacturing. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. We can't.....and it's the elephant in the room everyone pretends not to see..... |
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