Free Trade-yea

bawanajim · 01-30-2006, 07:20 PM

WE traded our jobs for what?

For all of 2005 the personal savings rate was at minus 0.5%. That was the lowest annual savings rate since a decline of 1.5% in 1933, a year in which the country was struggling to cope with the Great Depression.

Thats from USATodays Money page if you want to really get mad.

I think another five weeks vacation at Crawford might clear Wyas head.

bawanajim · 01-30-2006, 07:26 PM

The good news never ends.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2006-01-30-kraft-cuts_x.htm

RedAllison · 01-30-2006, 07:27 PM

LOL the national savings rate has been below 1% for DECADES. What does W have to do with it? Joe Q Public America is financially retarded and they are now paying the price for decades of ignorance.

Forget teaching spanish in schools, our kids better start learning CHINESE!!! [:'(]
RA

bawanajim · 01-30-2006, 07:37 PM

State of the union lookin up.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/gdp/2006-01-27-gdp_x.htm

Richard Meyers · 01-30-2006, 07:53 PM

"WE traded our jobs for what?"

It appears some of our elected representatives traded them for campaign contributions. Look at the Abramoff scandal.

RedAllison · 01-30-2006, 07:57 PM

Abramoff? LOL do you REALLY wanna go there?

I just got a couple words for ya, Clinton, Gore, Chinese!!!
RA

stoneman · 01-30-2006, 08:23 PM

Darn! If Kerry had won, the interest rate would be higher, gas would only be 50 cents a gallon, and the world would have a warm fuzzy all day!

North Texan · 01-30-2006, 08:53 PM

Quote:

ORIGINAL: RedAllison

Abramoff? LOL do you REALLY wanna go there?

I just got a couple words for ya, Clinton, Gore, Chinese!!!
RA

I can name a lot of people I don't think have clean hands. That doesn't provide an excuse for any of them.

Richard Meyers · 01-30-2006, 09:01 PM

You betcha I wanna go there.

kevin1 · 01-31-2006, 04:22 AM

The personal savings rate has zero to do with free trade , you can't force folks to save if they don't want to .