Infographic of the Day: The Debt Superhighway

[fruitbat]

how broken does something have to be, before people realise its broken......

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

how broken does something have to be, before people realise its broken......

Its hard to fix things that were broken from the start

[Hood]

It's all the UK's fault for not signing up to the Euro and pledging to bail out other countries who don't have a clue (sarcasm alert).

*deep breath*

Actually, despite Sarkhozy (the man's a fool) I have a great deal of sympathy for our French and German friends. They have had to pump so much money into the EU and the Euro only to get shafted by the PIIGS.

What I find amazing is we're talking so much money - I really have to wonder where it all goes. I wonder if anyone has done an EU predicition of what would happen if the EU states simply gave no more money into the central pot.

The best thing I heard is that aid for Greece should be given to holidaymakers to spend in Greece. Then we'd get something for our money, the Greek peoples would get something and if they still didn't pay taxes, well we could go over and help ourselves to some more marbles.

[retrojet]

Which is why I'm moving to Mars, after they send the global-warming bomb there... And I've won the lottery, to pay for my ticket to ride... . Right, raaaid?

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by retrojet

Which is why I'm moving to Mars, after they send the global-warming bomb there... And I've won the lottery, to pay for my ticket to ride... . Right, raaaid?

You wish, it's not going to be that easy

[salmo]

Yes, the Eurozone's in trouble with some 3 trillion Euro of debt. That's paultry compared to the United States public debt of $15.4 trillion USD (about 11.7 trillion Euro). Governments have failed their citizens by spending more than they recieve over an extended period of time. This is unsustainable. Whatever your political persuasion, the only solution is to reign in Government spending & increase Government income.

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by Hood

~ - I really have to wonder where it all goes. ~

It goes back to the same place it is all created from... thin air




here is an interesting, even if rather long, read =>

http://savecapitalism.files.wordpres...vilization.pdf

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

here is an interesting, even if rather long, read =>

http://savecapitalism.files.wordpres...vilization.pdf

I think I will not bother reading that... A look into the death of civilization from a website called save capitalism... Oh the irony!!!

We call ourselves a civilization but all we do is try and undermine and screw each other over for little bits of paper with ink on which is then is put into a bank and ceases to exist in the real world, instead it turns into a series of numbers in the digital world... The human race as a civilization can be summed up using one word... Pathetic.

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

I think I will not bother reading that... A look into the death of civilization from a website called save capitalism... Oh the irony!!!

Its always a bit saddening to see anyone judging a book by its cover though... please read it before passing judgement?

[JG52Krupi]

I will read it but the name of the website makes me want to puke, what has capitalism ever done for civilisation?