Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
Hi lamont, you just brought up the proof that you can abolish the business cycle. Rich people. Ever see a rich person suffer from a down turn,recession ,etc.? they keep right on doing what ever they want, good times or bad...why? Because they control the money supply.
Or, perhaps they live within their means. My father is truck driver and my mother works on a GE assembly line. That's what they've done all their lives. They never altered their lifestyle in any recession OR bull market. They lived within their means. They buy the same food, wear the same clothes, drive the same cars, and go about the same daily routines today as when the market was booming in 2000 and 2006 and when the economy was thriving in the 80's, mid-90's, and early this decade and when the market was down in the early 80s, early 90's, and now.

As for many other Americans... I blame their self-destructive behavior.

Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
Under Americanism (the Constitution) the government controls the money supply and can spend whatever it needs to maintain the economic viability of the whole country. This is a responsibility of the Government Not the Talli-Banksters who are responsible to no one.
How does controlling the money supply (competently or otherwise) "maintain the economic viability of the whole country"? I would think it just ensures a strong and stable currency from which the country can succeed or fail, according to the choices of the people. From what I've seen, the people chose very, very poorly, repeatedly, for a very, very long time.

Where did all of these chickens come from? I hope that they're not here to roost! Oh crap, I think they are.