Official Diagnosis

[Guest guest]

, I agree.

Yet, these are still small fry compared with the relatively few who are at the very top of the pyramid; e.g. those who own the World Bank or Federal Reserve (which are private enterprises and not your global or national treasure chest as they would have us believe) and who can manipulate the global economy as they please, skimming interest and profit by taking advantage of the need and greed of everyone below them in the pyramid.

Have you noticed that even the richest countries in the world have huge national debts? Have you ever wondered who all this money is owed to, and who gets all that interest you pay with your tax money?

Inger

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Money in itself isn't a bad thing. In fact it is probably the most useful tool humanity has ever created. I mean can you imagine trying to find something to barter for a new computer?

The problem comes primarily from a small number of greedy people. Now, a certain amount of greed is not a bad thing. It is what motivates business and for people to do their best at work. However, it can be taken to extremes, like those CEOs who get $100 million for running a company into the ground, or real estate speculators who are driving home prices out of reach of many.

Those latter things could stand to be reigned in a bit, and should be.

[Guest guest]

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wrote:

> Shaun.

> I agree that there must be a balance between capitalism and socialism,

> though I prefer much more in favor or the capitalist side.

Then you would love Sweden! :-)

Inger

[Guest guest]

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wrote:

> Shaun.

> I agree that there must be a balance between capitalism and socialism,

> though I prefer much more in favor or the capitalist side.

Then you would love Sweden! :-)

Inger

[Guest guest]

> But at the end of the day I know I am alone.

All human beings are alone at the end of the day. Because we are

the only one in our head and can never completely share what's in

there, we are alone.

If we like who is in there, we don't mind not being able to share it

as much. If we don't like who is in our head, we are in even more

misery because we are trapped with someone we don't want to be with.

So, if one gets to know oneself, finds what's good about oneself,

accepts the good and the not so good (good being a relative term

about what each individual finds " nice " or " acceptable " and is not a

moral term) and cut oneself some slack, one may find one is less

alone.

With all that said, I'm alone, too. I'd really love to find someone

who would accept me for who I am, be interested in me and allow me

to be interested in him. Someone I wouldn't have to be afraid, if

they knew the " real " me, of leaving the relationship. Some one as

committed to keeping the relationship alive, healthy and strong as I

am. Those people, I think, are not all that plentiful regardless of

what group one is in.

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[Guest guest]

Inger,

This is interesting stuff. It is interesting just who gets all that money, though it can be hard to track down.

It all works together though. First the Western nations all have varynig degrees of welfare states which need a lot of money to run. Add to that politicians who love to spend money and won't be fettered by what their nation actually takes in. Add to this that most of them have drawn their home districts so that it is next to impossible to defeat them so they have no incentive to follow the law. The last thing to add in is the public's abyssmally short attention span. The public won't remember that it was the policy enacted 10 years ago that is causing all the debt, or other problem, so the politicians can foist it off on whoever they want and probably get away with it.

So, the big banks are the winners. The government's spend well beyond what they take in with no end in sight. Most of them don't even bother to pay the interest let alone pay down on the principle, which allows the banks to keep making more money.

The same happens to the people. Banks and the politicians encourage them to take loans and motrgages to buy new toys, take trips and all of that kind of thing. Probably is those trips and toys add nothing to the people's wealth but instead are a subtraction on many levels, but they don't realize this. So, we are seeing bankruptcies increasing throughout the western world as people are crushed by the debt.

If people saved their money they would be better off and the economy stronger. Also, if they take a small loan or mortgage for something they really need and then pay it down fast, say within 5 years as opposed to 20, which can be done, they would have a house free and clear and save 10's of thousands of dollars in interest.

Sadly, most people don't know how to handle debt and it ruins them.

[Guest guest]

Inger,

This is interesting stuff. It is interesting just who gets all that money, though it can be hard to track down.

It all works together though. First the Western nations all have varynig degrees of welfare states which need a lot of money to run. Add to that politicians who love to spend money and won't be fettered by what their nation actually takes in. Add to this that most of them have drawn their home districts so that it is next to impossible to defeat them so they have no incentive to follow the law. The last thing to add in is the public's abyssmally short attention span. The public won't remember that it was the policy enacted 10 years ago that is causing all the debt, or other problem, so the politicians can foist it off on whoever they want and probably get away with it.

So, the big banks are the winners. The government's spend well beyond what they take in with no end in sight. Most of them don't even bother to pay the interest let alone pay down on the principle, which allows the banks to keep making more money.

The same happens to the people. Banks and the politicians encourage them to take loans and motrgages to buy new toys, take trips and all of that kind of thing. Probably is those trips and toys add nothing to the people's wealth but instead are a subtraction on many levels, but they don't realize this. So, we are seeing bankruptcies increasing throughout the western world as people are crushed by the debt.

If people saved their money they would be better off and the economy stronger. Also, if they take a small loan or mortgage for something they really need and then pay it down fast, say within 5 years as opposed to 20, which can be done, they would have a house free and clear and save 10's of thousands of dollars in interest.

Sadly, most people don't know how to handle debt and it ruins them.