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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:46 PM Original message |
If living standards for most of us are going to continue to decline, how do we survive? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I caught a small bit of a PBS docu that, in part, was addressing this issue. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Hey, gotta love the PBS program 'NOW' |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. There can't be a single, one size fits all type of plan. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. sharing a home and expenses is certainly a start |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Shut Out the Banks and Corporations |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. well how did people survive the depression? probably like that. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Up until the 50's, in my memory of my family, generations lived under one roof |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. ...it's called 'Community' |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. This is some great information! Thank you! n/t |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank you for your wonderful replies. I am glad others are thinking about this too. n/t |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Another good resource |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, I am thinking about this also |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. This would only be true if everyone is in the same boat, |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why are we thinking about "surviving" and not talking about fighting back? nt |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Survival is not a problem... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Thanks, that's what I'm talking about. nt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. I read that occasionally Russians would commit cannibalism during harsh times. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Actually, the Russian social infrastructure provided |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. After losing my home three times in the last two years I have at least a partial answer.. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Looks like you got a good deal for the 1200 you spent. The good thing is no one can foreclose on |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. living standards are subjective |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Same issue here, handmade34 |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have a few acres, most quite arable |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Living standards decline? Cut the drama. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Here in Michigan, our living standards are most certainly declining. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Speak for yourself dude, not for me. What's with the CON in your screen name? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. as a friend and I were discussing last year, we already know how to do this, we are already at the |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I've thought about that, but I heard that the soil for most lawns isn't good - when |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Community gardens are everywhere |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. let's declare war on china and take their shit |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. really a question of where we are now to where we end up |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. We stop buying trillions of dollars worth in Chinese trinkets |
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FamousBlueRaincoat (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. it's not going to be that bad. people need to calm down. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. But this may be them losing their homes, their jobs, their health care, |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. living standards |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. There will be more war for resources as America desperately tries to hold power |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. C'est la lutte finale! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. for those of us who never lived beyond our means |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sell your house and live with others. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
37. Eat the Rich. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. Several DUers have posted these same things. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. Alternative structures within the structure that can alleviate or counter |
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