Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:07 pm
I'm not saying it can't. It just doesn't seem releveant at this point. Well, in theory, if, as a result of the recession, some regions of the United States end up better off than others, then some separatists could come up (either in the wealthier or in the poorer regions) to promote a breakup of the country. But historic practice has shown that it's usually easier to survive bad times together than apart. Why didn't the U.S. break up during the Great Depression? By the way, isn't Europe now in recession, too? But nobody seriously considers to break the EU. No, I'm not denying some possibility of a U.S. collapse. But I don't see a strong basis for it at this point. And, as for debts, it rather seems that the creditor countries are interested to see the U.S. being indebted to them.Montanaland wrote:We need to people like you who hold on to the belief that America and its intergrity can't possibly fail. When in actuallity the debts are to great to be paid back as the middle class quietly erodes.
The Soviet communists have already shown how credible their power is. Apparently, Chinese authorities proved smarter and allowed free markets, which ultimately brought them to economic growth. But don't forget that it's still based on cheap labor. And they don't have some of the freedom we take for granted.Montanaland wrote:Yes, I do!!
I agree with that. Let's see what ideas President Obama comes up with.Montanaland wrote:Again, as much as I enjoyed democracy....I believe it Doesn't work in the end! Some hybrid form of gov. such as capitalism/socialism or democracy/socialism... or??
My government job is state-based (and not even directly statet-based; it's just state-funded), so it's not really linked with the existence of the United States government.Montanaland wrote:I don't know what to tell you Skeptic? Lets just agree>>not to agree and you can keep on hoping and praying that the US stays afloat another 25yrs so you can keep your US govt job in New York City.
You can also pray and hope you succeed in that. By the way, with my Masters in transportation planning, I can be globally marketable, too. By the way, our CEO was preveiously holding a key transportation position in the U.K.Montanaland wrote:I on the other hand am going to use this countries great educational system again and aquire a MA in Tesol so I can be marketable on a global scale.