kallend 1,647 #1 September 27, 2007 voanews.com/english/2007-09-26-voa76.cfm Not to worry.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #2 September 27, 2007 Hm every time I read stuff like this it makes me glad to be Swiss (Switzerlands national debts are around 125 billions in total) even though I like living in the US. I can't understand why nobody is scared of number like that. They will probably hurt the US more than all the terrorists. Just imagine how many lives could have been saved if the money was invested in medical research... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 September 27, 2007 QuoteJust imagine how many lives could have been saved if the money was invested in medical research Sorry.. the Neo-Con Chickenhawks do not believe in anything not war related... FAR more money to be ripped off from the American people by their incompetence and cost plus contracts to their buddies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrancoR 0 #4 September 27, 2007 Quote voanews.com/english/2007-09-26-voa76.cfm Not to worry. And the dollar celebrates with another all time low against the Euro and most of its predeccesors. You guys are nuts for letting this happen. FrancoIf it does not cost anything you are the product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #5 September 27, 2007 I agree. I'm so glad Switzerland doesn't have this problem any more. We actually had a surplus the last year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martin-o 0 #6 September 27, 2007 But then again, Switzerland has an unfair advantage when it comes to stabilizing it's currency, don't you think? /Martin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #7 September 27, 2007 We might have had an unfair advantage from WWII but you have to agree that we didn't mess it up. Meaning we didn't elect an idiot (actually we would have had to elect four idiots since we have 7 presidents) to ruin everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #8 September 27, 2007 QuoteHm every time I read stuff like this it makes me glad to be Swiss (Switzerlands national debts are around 125 billions in total) even though I like living in the US. We burn that much in two months just paying the interest. Quote I can't understand why nobody is scared of number like that. They will probably hurt the US more than all the terrorists. Just imagine how many lives could have been saved if the money was invested in medical research... Because the current leadership believes that spending that money as an investment in its citizens is "socialism" but if we throw it at the military industrial complex then it's simply a prime example of free market capitalism. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #9 September 27, 2007 I heard about it on the radio this morning. That is a large amount of money, even by today's standards. I suppose there is some logic that says it is worth it as a price for stability - but where is the stability? I remember the famous quote by Everett Dirksen about a million here and a million there and pretty soon you're talking about real money. Well, this is serious real money. To put it in perspective, that kind of money could probably build about 4,000 brand spanking new, fully furnished, state-of-the-art schools. And who knows how many more times they will go to the well like this before the situation is resolved - one way or another." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #10 September 27, 2007 Sure. Let's do it. Let's borrow, borrow, borrow. Or we could tax people for it. Maybe we could borrow a cool trillion for healthcare. Of course, Congress can show some anatomy and say, "No." But don't expect that to happen. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #11 September 27, 2007 Quote voanews.com/english/2007-09-26-voa76.cfm Not to worry. Surely we make some of this money back. As an axample, the media has been making a shit load of money off this war.7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,427 #12 September 27, 2007 >Surely we make some of this money back. "We?" Well, I suppose if you have stock in media companies, Halliburton, Blackwater, or prosthetics manufacturers you might make some money back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #13 September 27, 2007 Quote To put it in perspective, that kind of money could probably build about 4,000 brand spanking new, fully furnished, state-of-the-art schools. Even better that could have baught me about 6 billion skydives with a new rig after all 500 jumpsBut seriously where do you expect to get any money back? Okey I mean because you invaded you now get the oil (or should I say you invaded to get the oil?) but that's not gonna help anybody who's not shareholder in the big oil companys and surely not the US. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,647 #14 September 28, 2007 QuoteQuoteJust imagine how many lives could have been saved if the money was invested in medical research Sorry.. the Neo-Con Chickenhawks do not believe in anything not war related... FAR more money to be ripped off from the American people by their incompetence and cost plus contracts to their buddies. Well, none of our right wingers have responded, so presumably they all approve of spending this much money (that we don't actually have) in order to prolong an immoral war, while they object strongly to spending much at all on helping poor Americans. edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/27/senate.health.insurance/... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joedirt 0 #15 September 28, 2007 Quote Okey I mean because you invaded you now get the oil (or should I say you invaded to get the oil?) This is fun to read. Please share some more uneducated cliches with us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martin-o 0 #16 September 28, 2007 Quote We might have had an unfair advantage from WWII but you have to agree that we didn't mess it up. I was thinking of the billions and billions of euros and dollars that criminal organizations, dictators and rich people who don't want to pay their tax, still keeps in swiss bank accounts. /Martin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #17 September 28, 2007 QuoteQuote Okey I mean because you invaded you now get the oil (or should I say you invaded to get the oil?) This is fun to read. Please share some more uneducated cliches with us. I'll have you know our cliches are very educated. They've attended the finest institutions that money could have bought." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #18 September 28, 2007 QuoteHm every time I read stuff like this it makes me glad to be Swiss (Switzerlands national debts are around 125 billions in total) even though I like living in the US. I can't understand why nobody is scared of number like that. They will probably hurt the US more than all the terrorists. Just imagine how many lives could have been saved if the money was invested in medical research... Swiss Public Debt is 51% of Swiss GDP. ($197 Billion) US Public Debt is 64.7% of US GDP. ($8,515 Billion) Swiss Public Debt/Swiss Revenue is 1.4. US Public Debt/US Revenue is 3.5. Ratio of US GDP/Swiss GDP = ~30:1 Ratio of US Revenue/Swiss Revenue = ~17:1 2006 (EST) data from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html and the corresponding US table. Just some numbers to look at if you want to. No real big reason to be scared. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
