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Alright, wtf is going to happen tomorrow....

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Foxy_Grandpa
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its my freaking birthday and everyones getting all scared somthing the the stock market is going to happen...what the hell is going to happen!!!!! i dont understand anything i've been reading! give me a version a 16 year old can understand.
Jan 22 2008 5:44PM
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KeithB.
Posts: 608 - Karma: 12
Give up and move to Aspen...we live in a recession proof bubble!
Jan 22 2008 5:47PM
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DANETRON
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american economy=shit
Jan 22 2008 5:52PM
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colin13
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the world as we know it will turn inside out
Jan 22 2008 5:54PM
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Foxy_Grandpa
Posts: 594 - Karma: 12
like is this for real? cuz i think we're fucked if somthing big happens
Jan 22 2008 5:57PM
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Frik
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these people have just been tlaking out of their asses. their are never signs of the stoch market crashing...only signs that the stock market will take a dive. and there is a big difference there b/c adive will always be significantly smaller than a crash. People need to chill out.
Jan 22 2008 5:58PM
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jimmychung
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the cloverfield monster is coming

oh shit that would be fucking scary, i scared myself with that one.

i'm obviously kidding, happy birthday man.
Jan 22 2008 5:58PM
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Microcosm
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Happy Birthday!
Jan 22 2008 5:58PM
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al_britskiier
Posts: 419 - Karma: 23
I DONT KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!
Jan 22 2008 5:59PM
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Mezmerize19
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no ones yelling bro

and happy birthday
Jan 22 2008 6:03PM
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al_britskiier
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nah it just seems like america's stock market is in crisis, everyones freaking out and shit, but i jave absolutely no idea about this stuff
Jan 22 2008 6:06PM
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EL_FINRE
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um happy birthday
Jan 22 2008 6:11PM
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Travapple.
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1/23
Jan 22 2008 6:17PM
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Pippin
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u.s. economists say the us is suffering from high interest rates and is weak...the probability of something happening tomorrow is very unlikely, although the current trend in the stoke market will most likely drop again there will be no depression style crash tomorrow.
Jan 22 2008 6:30PM
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SkierX
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Basically, the American economy is in the crapper. The value of our dollar is weak, consumer spending is extremely low. Retailers posted declining sales numbers even DURING the holidays, which is a first.

Esentially, the world market is freaking out because American consumerism and spending drives the global market. Businesses are posting losses and it doesn't bode well to investors when companies post losses.

Bottom-line, the cost of oil and high cost of living has curbed consumer spending, and the world market is volatile due to this.
Jan 22 2008 6:31PM
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DANETRON
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thats wat tey want you to think.......
Jan 22 2008 6:32PM
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skiminnesota
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WE NEED TAX CUTS  to jump start the economy
Jan 22 2008 6:33PM
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SkierX
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Negative. That's a short term solution.

We need to get off Big Oil's dick and get some energy independence so we dn't have to fork over triple what we did 5 years ago while those companies are swimming in record profits.

Until you lower people's cost of living, or increase wages, the economy will suffer.
Jan 22 2008 7:08PM
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Quinny
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https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/344509/
Jan 22 2008 7:12PM
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skiminnesota
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i respectfully disagree.... 

 by cutting taxes you will put more money into the common Americans pocket. ( I am a better user of MY money than the government)     with the extra money in MY pocket i can choose, do i want to buy a new car? (an American car) do i want to put that money into my savings? but either way its a win win for the economy......


as far as Oil goes we need American company's, not the government  to come up with a comparable alternative...... ive also seen stats that if we could do very selective drilling in Alaska we could be off of middle east oil in less than 10 years.  
Jan 22 2008 7:25PM
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SkierX
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Tax cuts without reducing government spending (which will not happen), end up costing taxpayers more in the long-run.

Without wages falling more in line with the inflation/increase that Cost of living has seen, I don't foresee consumer spending to rebound anytime soon.
Jan 22 2008 8:00PM
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DANETRON
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the majority of our oil comes from the gulf of mexico in the first place.

Jan 22 2008 8:10PM
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RudyGarmisch
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The only problem with tax cuts and refund checks is that Americans, for the most part, are idiots. If we see the economy going down, we dont spend money, we hoard it and fuck over the country worse. However, I am grossly oversimplifying a topic on which I have little to no knowledge of (economics), so at this point, I'd like to bow out to someone more talented in understanding such a confusing field.
Jan 22 2008 8:26PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
No, what the average american would do is expand their Credit Card debt and live even further beyond their means.

:)
Jan 22 2008 8:37PM
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eheath
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Ahh, fuck it.
Jan 22 2008 8:41PM
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meggles
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I agree that we need to become energy-independent at some point in the relatively-near future. Or at least get started at it. It'd take a long time, but so worth it.

Anyway, Happy birthday kiddo!
Jan 22 2008 8:45PM
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St.Steezy
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props on the birthday buddy!
Jan 22 2008 8:47PM
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McTwist83
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So bassicly our economy is in the hole, but the where were at right now is its not going to affect you too bad. We can go either way, we can climb out of this as a country or we could sink into a ressession which is a underchild of a depression. Some people would argue that we are even in a ressesion, but I'd beg to differ. The dollair bill has been climbing at a steady rate, and recently we are on par with the canadian dollair. More or less bush has a plan to jump start our econmy and a few agencys have been meeting..yadayadayada. There are theorys right now, but no one really knows whats going down. But I woudln't worry about it, we pulled out of a depression once I'm sure if it happens we can do it again
Jan 22 2008 9:29PM
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skiminnesota
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i can see where you are coming from,  i should have clarified my position better.   we need to cut government spending, cut welfare (not completely, but just put better rules in place), and lower taxes.. 


Jan 22 2008 11:34PM
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