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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:15 PM Original message |
Please fill in the blank: "The value of the dollar is falling because ..." |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. My cat knocked it off the table...... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Got tape? Got a hot glue gun? Got SuperStickyStuff? |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. ... we haven't brought it Duh-mock-rasy yet? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Greenbacks are boring the Euro is prettier |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Damn! Beat me to it. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. When it comes to praising Euros, |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. it never had any real value |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Supply and demand. The value of the dollar is falling because there are too many dollars. n/t |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. ... too many dollars in the hands of too few people |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I'd even say too many dollars. Period. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. George Bush Destroyed the Country |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I will second that |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Yes. And other countries have lost hope for the US |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. add to those who helped little lord pissy pants..and american public that refused to |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You are right, fly, this shouldn´t be a popularity contest |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. "we pay their salaries" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. I've Been Doing Some Background Checks on Obama |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. i am not liking what i am seeing about those who are running his economics.. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I Understand there Are 2 Chicago-Centered Schools of Economics |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. univ of Chicago=Leo Strauss..father of neo cons and neo liberals. eom |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Seriously... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. How does that work? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. because they are printing money at will ..with nothing to back it and no accounting of what they are |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. If they were printing at will, |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. look into the M3 i believe it is called..i am by no means an expert but i remember |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. The Other Countries Have Been Printing at Will, Too! |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. read the Shock Doctrine....and maybe then you will question who you want as president. eom |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I´m about half way through the Shock Doctrine |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. lol..i understand!! eom |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. the means of production required to secure our debt has diminished |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Thank you ThomWV for a fine practical explanation. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. We STILL have more productive capacity than we're using. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. my son was at a meeting in NY with Carl Icahn for his business ( finance corp)..and Icahn |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. it hates our freedoms. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That would mean that |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Brother Ben |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. The value of the dollar is falling because....... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bottom line? Because America would rather print dollars than create products with labor. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. because there is no... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. it may not buy oil in the future and the fed is pursuing an insane monetary policy. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. The country is bankrupt? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. The war in Iraq caused the federal govt to run up massive budget deficits |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Too much debt |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. "because people voted Republican." n/t |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. There's More Than a Grain of Truth In That! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. our coffers have been raped by the executive branch |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Global market is growing |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because we have an asshole for a prez* that can't find his ass with both hands glued to it. nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Integrity |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. the fuckhead masquerading as pResident hasn't been able to |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. People are willing to trade it for less of foreign currencies or commodities |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. Money is a means of storing and exchanging wealth. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. Greed |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Because we're spending all we borrow on senseless wars and militarism. Osama won. |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Bush played the part of the Washington Generals to Osama's... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
54. "The value of the dollar is falling because .. ... of five assholes on the Supreme Court." |
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