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Old 01-06-2011, 10:28 AM   #51 (permalink)
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Old 01-06-2011, 10:35 AM   #52 (permalink)
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hmm, as a 'murrican I'm not sure how I feel about this picture:
, I guess we are just money handlers then? Not saying it isn't accurate, just saying.
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hmm, as a 'murrican I'm not sure how I feel about this picture:
, I guess we are just money handlers then? Not saying it isn't accurate, just saying.
Wow, I have to say that's the worst piece of marketing I've ever seen. The only reason some folks are still loyal to GM is because of their US branding. Whoever the marketing genius who put that slide together has plain lost their marbles.
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Aren't China subsidising your government .... and most of the resst of the world's governments making THEM the money handlers???
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Aren't China subsidising your government .... and most of the resst of the world's governments making THEM the money handlers???
You got it all wrong. China buys our debt to fund our government, but then the Federal Reserve just makes more money to pay them back so we don't have to pay taxes. Sure, it devalues every dollar in circulation, but we call that inflation, not taxes, so it makes us feel better.
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hmm, as a 'murrican I'm not sure how I feel about this picture:
... , I guess we are just money handlers then? Not saying it isn't accurate, just saying.
Yup. As another 'murrican I am hoping for the Chevy Cruze to succeed. But I think I can also see it's Korean design influence. I wouldn't even call us money handlers.

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I was careful not to say "money providers", but who the hell did we just bail out and why?
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I was careful not to say "money providers", but who the hell did we just bail out and why?
Arghhhh, not another political thread-jack.

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I was just clarifying that I am painfully aware of how much we are borrowing and from whom.
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I was just clarifying that I am painfully aware of how much we are borrowing and from whom.
I know and agree. It's very depressing.

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