Solve : Do You Think the Country Is Heading in the Right Direction??

1.	Solve : Do You Think the Country Is Heading in the Right Direction??
Answer» This is a rather simple question... and at my website blog, you will find the rest of this wonderful excerpt and a poll! Quote It seems that lately, the USA hasn’t been all it used to be made out to be. We no longer hold the highest IQ Rate, nor are we one of the richest nations in the world any longer (Then again, it seems no one is at this time). Many of our car makers are cutting lines of their vehicles, unemployment is dropping.Yet, we elected a new president who has been making all sorts of bailouts for businesses that need to fail anyways.. the media tells us that the United States economy is improving. Read the rest here: http://zylstrablog.co.nr/wordpress/?p=84 Whether you are young and hardly educated on the topic, or old and cranky about it, I want to hear what you think -- and I am rather curious as to poll results. Please either comment on my blog or here, either is fine. I need to test my new comment system on my blog... I guess the other countries are just beating us. Kinda like those ancient civilizations. They always fall sometimes. I guess the US is just falling to other countries but I dont think the us will be like gone or anything.Actually, thats a very interesting perspective, comparing us to past civilizations. I think that we fail to look at their mistakes since its been awhile since a larger country has failed completely (except Iceland, of course). I think we believe there are so many systems in place to prevent total breakdowns that we assume we are invincible... All failed empires thought they were invincible. the reason for the USA to fail was to many greedy people ( bankers etc ) taking and making to much money on the backs of other people other countries make money and put it back into their country not in the states from we are and the stories we see your econemy is not improving its getting worse you cannot expect your pres; to help failing car makers if he did why not help all the failing shops and small people working hard you speak as if the states is an empire , its not its a country , britain and russia were empires all big countries must go bad some time they can only grow as far and as fast as the people and gov; will let them the U.S doesn't meet the definition of empire, but it comes close. one of the definitions is "a group of countries under a single authority" One cannot deny the large influence the U.S has on almost every other Country in the world, no matter how small. Even if a country doesn't have any direct contact with the U.S either diplomatically or through trade, reverbations of U.S actions on those countries that it does deal with can have a lasting influence. If, for example, the U.S was to suddenly stop all trade with Canada (hypothetical, of course), the U.K and Australia would probably GET a little worried as well- which may or may not affect their stance towards other countries, in an attempt to prepare for the possibility that the U.S decides to stop trading with them. (of course, this is hypothetical since the U.S is by no means self-sufficient, as much as some of their citizens like to think otherwise)- they cannot even provide power to California and that state ENDS up importing electricity from British Columbia- where most of the power is provided by hydroelectric dams on several rivers. These rivers run into the states, and I don't believe there are any hydroelectric dams on the other side of the border. It's cheap and it's clean, and more importantly it doesn't require non-renewable resources such as Coal, Oil, or Gas. The prohibitive factor is simply that the facilities would be more expensive to build and setup- it's far easier to simply wage a war in the area of the world that controls the most oil and attempt to set up a puppet government in that area that will provide oil without the requirement of too much in return. Which is good, since there wasn't much to give in the first place. And of course there is the whole issue of the federal bailing out various companies. That is ridiculous. if a company cannot stay afloat in bad economic times, it obviously doesn't have the drive or determination to provide it's products to the consumers during those times. As Harry said- if they are going to fund companies that do not even have the initiative to stay in business, what about those shops and other corporations that are struggling successfully to stay afloat? What about those run by headstrong executives who want to stay in business not for the sole purpose of making a profit but to provide services to the citizens of their country, and PERHAPS other countries as well? It's true that the automobile industry employs a large number of people; and the bankruptcy of those companies will cause the loss of a number of jobs. it's also a fact that the collapse within the industry will release those companies stranglehold monopoly on the industry, and denigrate their percieved status of being an "invincible" corporations, that never struggles no matter how tough times get, and it always able to create some counter to any economic situation. Instead, they lie back and allow the government to simply baby feed them funds they never deserved in the first place. To put a interesting spin on it- fascism can be condensed to be a "corporatist ideology"- a government that both owns and supports corporations through funding of those corporations and the reaping of the companies profits back into the pool of funds. Oddly, this is a "better" situation then what happened. The government basically threw taxpayer money at them and said "there you go". No "contract" type agreement was drawn up- no obligations of what to do with the funds (actually, maybe that was defined, but I forget) was indicated. So those funds, provided by U.S taxpayers are now in the hands of greedy executives who likely will not be looking into the best interest of those who provided the money to them. It's basically forstalled the inevitable collapse the U.S auto industry, which for many years was barely competition for foreign automobile companies, such as Mercedes-Benz,Porsche, and so forth, at least until Henry Ford was able to perfect the idea of assembly like construction, as opposed to having the entire vehicle be built in one location, and the various parts and specialists converging there, the vehicle was built "module by module" and it moves to each station in turn. Since in this fashion each set of workers was kept busy almost all the time, production shot through the roof and cost per vehicle was reduced exponentially, ALLOWING Ford to successfully market the vehicle to the working man. Since the foreign automakers weren't really interested in marketing to the "common man" they kept with their own methods, which proved successful in some ways, since the extra cost and the desirability of their quality vehicles fetched high prices. They didn't get a bailout- they are still in the black. The issue at hand is simply the loss of the perception of the human factor by the U.S automobile manufacturers- they have lost their perspective on what the average person WANTS in a automobile.there's some reading there and your fingers must be sore , ha ha , but i disagree with you , you say the US is a group of countries , sorry they are a group of states to make up 1 country to be an empire you must have taken by force or conquest a LOT of countries as the following did long ago spanish empire british " roman " byzantine " mongal " russian " empire means ruled by military command or rule and united or ruled by a monarch still reading the rest No- that wasn't what I meant- I meant, it had a strong influence on a lot of countries. I was merely saying that in effect it is a central pillar in a very loose global community.reading the rest , the us is going to have to learn to make small and use little to get by in the furture Quote you speak as if the states is an empire , its not its a country , britain and russia were empires In effect, it is an Empire, but nopt by itself. The USA has become the second head of the British Empire. If is a huge giant standing over the Atlantic ocean with one foot here and the other there. The will advance or fall together.sorry i did not see your post yes it has all over the world in many countries they say if the usa sneezes the world catches a cold geek-9pm sorry to say , get real , the rest of the world and britain in particular are laughing at the states this years the way they run their country into the ground and destroy other countries and murder or kill its people , sorry to say that but its true , all because of a pres; who was an idiot could not talk properly and would rather chop down trees . it might have 1 foot in the states but the other foot is in any country that has oil or they would like to go to war with sorry for rambling but thats a lot of peoples veiws in britain but you do not get to hear this in the states because of your news black out on anything bad said against the states Quote could not talk properly On the other hand, at least he could say "United states".. Jean Chretien insisted we were in a country apparently called "Canader" Although I suppose coming from a French Canadian background almost gives him an excuse... didn't really help Canada's image though, with all that "Aboot" and "eh" crap.who is SHE , jean chretien never heard of her it was a HE. I think I'm aware of their genders. here: http://canadaonline.about.com/od/primeminister/p/pmchretien.htmi thought it was a he , my brother would know him then he lives in Edmonton

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This is a rather simple question... and at my website blog, you will find the rest of this wonderful excerpt and a poll!

Quote

It seems that lately, the USA hasn’t been all it used to be made out to be. We no longer hold the highest IQ Rate, nor are we one of the richest nations in the world any longer (Then again, it seems no one is at this time).
Many of our car makers are cutting lines of their vehicles, unemployment is dropping.Yet, we elected a new president who has been making all sorts of bailouts for businesses that need to fail anyways.. the media tells us that the United States economy is improving.

Read the rest here:
http://zylstrablog.co.nr/wordpress/?p=84

Whether you are young and hardly educated on the topic, or old and cranky about it, I want to hear what you think -- and I am rather curious as to poll results.
Please either comment on my blog or here, either is fine. I need to test my new comment system on my blog... I guess the other countries are just beating us. Kinda like those ancient civilizations. They always fall sometimes. I guess the US is just falling to other countries but I dont think the us will be like gone or anything.Actually, thats a very interesting perspective, comparing us to past civilizations.
I think that we fail to look at their mistakes since its been awhile since a larger country has failed completely (except Iceland, of course). I think we believe there are so many systems in place to prevent total breakdowns that we assume we are invincible...

All failed empires thought they were invincible.
the reason for the USA to fail was to many greedy people ( bankers etc ) taking and making to much money on the backs of other people
other countries make money and put it back into their country not in the states

from we are and the stories we see your econemy is not improving its getting worse
you cannot expect your pres; to help failing car makers if he did why not help all the failing shops and small people working hard
you speak as if the states is an empire , its not its a country , britain and russia were empires
all big countries must go bad some time they can only grow as far and as fast as the people and gov; will let them the U.S doesn't meet the definition of empire, but it comes close. one of the definitions is "a group of countries under a single authority"

One cannot deny the large influence the U.S has on almost every other Country in the world, no matter how small. Even if a country doesn't have any direct contact with the U.S either diplomatically or through trade, reverbations of U.S actions on those countries that it does deal with can have a lasting influence.

If, for example, the U.S was to suddenly stop all trade with Canada (hypothetical, of course), the U.K and Australia would probably GET a little worried as well- which may or may not affect their stance towards other countries, in an attempt to prepare for the possibility that the U.S decides to stop trading with them. (of course, this is hypothetical since the U.S is by no means self-sufficient, as much as some of their citizens like to think otherwise)- they cannot even provide power to California and that state ENDS up importing electricity from British Columbia- where most of the power is provided by hydroelectric dams on several rivers. These rivers run into the states, and I don't believe there are any hydroelectric dams on the other side of the border. It's cheap and it's clean, and more importantly it doesn't require non-renewable resources such as Coal, Oil, or Gas. The prohibitive factor is simply that the facilities would be more expensive to build and setup- it's far easier to simply wage a war in the area of the world that controls the most oil and attempt to set up a puppet government in that area that will provide oil without the requirement of too much in return. Which is good, since there wasn't much to give in the first place.

And of course there is the whole issue of the federal bailing out various companies.

That is ridiculous.

if a company cannot stay afloat in bad economic times, it obviously doesn't have the drive or determination to provide it's products to the consumers during those times. As Harry said- if they are going to fund companies that do not even have the initiative to stay in business, what about those shops and other corporations that are struggling successfully to stay afloat? What about those run by headstrong executives who want to stay in business not for the sole purpose of making a profit but to provide services to the citizens of their country, and PERHAPS other countries as well?

It's true that the automobile industry employs a large number of people; and the bankruptcy of those companies will cause the loss of a number of jobs. it's also a fact that the collapse within the industry will release those companies stranglehold monopoly on the industry, and denigrate their percieved status of being an "invincible" corporations, that never struggles no matter how tough times get, and it always able to create some counter to any economic situation.

Instead, they lie back and allow the government to simply baby feed them funds they never deserved in the first place.

To put a interesting spin on it- fascism can be condensed to be a "corporatist ideology"- a government that both owns and supports corporations through funding of those corporations and the reaping of the companies profits back into the pool of funds. Oddly, this is a "better" situation then what happened. The government basically threw taxpayer money at them and said "there you go". No "contract" type agreement was drawn up- no obligations of what to do with the funds (actually, maybe that was defined, but I forget) was indicated. So those funds, provided by U.S taxpayers are now in the hands of greedy executives who likely will not be looking into the best interest of those who provided the money to them.

It's basically forstalled the inevitable collapse the U.S auto industry, which for many years was barely competition for foreign automobile companies, such as Mercedes-Benz,Porsche, and so forth, at least until Henry Ford was able to perfect the idea of assembly like construction, as opposed to having the entire vehicle be built in one location, and the various parts and specialists converging there, the vehicle was built "module by module" and it moves to each station in turn. Since in this fashion each set of workers was kept busy almost all the time, production shot through the roof and cost per vehicle was reduced exponentially, ALLOWING Ford to successfully market the vehicle to the working man.

Since the foreign automakers weren't really interested in marketing to the "common man" they kept with their own methods, which proved successful in some ways, since the extra cost and the desirability of their quality vehicles fetched high prices.

They didn't get a bailout- they are still in the black. The issue at hand is simply the loss of the perception of the human factor by the U.S automobile manufacturers- they have lost their perspective on what the average person WANTS in a automobile.there's some reading there and your fingers must be sore , ha ha , but i disagree with you , you say the US is a group of countries , sorry they are a group of states to make up 1 country
to be an empire you must have taken by force or conquest a LOT of countries as the following did long ago
spanish empire
british "
roman "
byzantine "
mongal "
russian "

empire means ruled by military command or rule and united or ruled by a monarch

still reading the rest

No- that wasn't what I meant- I meant, it had a strong influence on a lot of countries. I was merely saying that in effect it is a central pillar in a very loose global community.reading the rest , the us is going to have to learn to make small and use little to get by in the furture Quote

you speak as if the states is an empire , its not its a country , britain and russia were empires

In effect, it is an Empire, but nopt by itself.
The USA has become the second head of the British Empire.
If is a huge giant standing over the Atlantic ocean with one foot here and the other there. The will advance or fall together.sorry i did not see your post yes it has all over the world in many countries they say if the usa sneezes the world catches a cold geek-9pm sorry to say , get real , the rest of the world and britain in particular are laughing at the states this years the way they run their country into the ground and destroy other countries and murder or kill its people , sorry to say that but its true , all because of a pres; who was an idiot could not talk properly and would rather chop down trees . it might have 1 foot in the states but the other foot is in any country that has oil or they would like to go to war with

sorry for rambling but thats a lot of peoples veiws in britain but you do not get to hear this in the states because of your news black out on anything bad said against the states Quote

could not talk properly

On the other hand, at least he could say "United states"..

Jean Chretien insisted we were in a country apparently called "Canader"

Although I suppose coming from a French Canadian background almost gives him an excuse... didn't really help Canada's image though, with all that "Aboot" and "eh" crap.who is SHE , jean chretien never heard of her it was a HE. I think I'm aware of their genders.

here:

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/primeminister/p/pmchretien.htmi thought it was a he , my brother would know him then he lives in Edmonton

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