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ProfessorPlum

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4. Thanks!

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Fri May 16, 2014, 12:45 PM

May 2014

I keep hoping that stagnation isn't the final end - that the powers that be won't be smart or evil enough to just shut down everything . . . but with the surveillance and police states they are setting up I think I have to agree with you.

Maybe I'll have to try it out on the new site

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The Dirty Secret of a Great Economy [View all] ProfessorPlum May 2014 OP

When we started to value capital over labor was the starting point. CrispyQ May 2014 #1

Thanks! ProfessorPlum May 2014 #4

I fear you are right about the US drifting toward #2... Wounded Bear May 2014 #5

A simplified, but accurate description IMHO... Wounded Bear May 2014 #2

That's a brilliant analogy ProfessorPlum May 2014 #3

Thanks... Wounded Bear May 2014 #6

Kick... Wounded Bear May 2014 #7

Take a peek at the same thread on the new site: CrispyQ May 2014 #8

And thanks for the idea ProfessorPlum May 2014 #9

Self-kick ProfessorPlum May 2014 #10

K&R nt laundry_queen May 2014 #11