

Big Brother gets a boost from bleeding edge technology


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Sources: U.S. Senate, New Scientist

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RE: Convenient America
By TSS on 9/11/2012 4:31:51 AM , Rating: 3
Great post but it has one critical error.

It seems to allude to some time in the future, while i believe the end is already here.

Bipartisan support for $1 billion in domestic spying while those same parties couldn't agree on $1,2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years - while you're running a $1,2 trillion yearly deficit.

The fiscal cliff, a perfect storm of measures that when expire will knock US GDP down to -4%, arriving at the same time as a new debt ceiling debate, during a lame duck congress and president, And if we're lucky, a democratic controlled senate with a republican controlled house, the exact same situation that created the cliff in the first place.

An expense of $454 billion of interest on the national debt, after 4 years of negative interest rates (5 year TIPS is at -1,47%). With more then 50% of US debt being 3 years or shorter, that number was achieved once before, in 2008. $451 billion on interest after 2 years of 5% interest rates and 2 years of steady hikes. the national debt was $10 trillion in 2008, ~$14 trillion in 2011, $16 trillion in 2012 and growing.

Then again, maybe inflation will take care of that, since $16 trillion in 2012 was only $15 trillion in 2008. Did you know that if there was a foreign currency now as strong as the dollar was in 1913 before the fed was created, They could pay off your $16 trillion with just $691,389,063,482 of their money, or less then you spend on social security each year? Gotta love inflation.

Then again, social security might drag you down seeing as it's already costing more money then it takes in, an event not foreseen untill 2018 but it was spent sooner. It's now completly filled with $2,6 trillion worth of treasuries. Actually, considering those are being rolled over as much as possible and US treasuries run at negative real rates, it means the social security fund is also bleeding money and will require even more money.

Did i mention the stock markets are controlled by machines? Litteraly. Look: . That's 1 millisecond. The average human response time is 200 milliseconds (meaning that's how fast you can hit a button).

Learned today that Obama shut down both yucca mountain and nuclear reprocessing, so now nuclear waste is just being held onsite with no longterm plans what so ever. Gotta spend more billions on solar companies though!

According to the WEF's global competitive's report, The US infrastructure is about as good as Qatar's, Saudi Arabia's or Malaysia's overall, and requires an additional $2,2 trillion in investment just to get it back up to properly maintained, along with more investments over the next decade.

Also flipping through the charts to find that info i saw the US, in "irregular payments and bribes", is lower then spain. Which gave me a chuckle. You do know that countries better then you include Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Rwanda, Botswana. You rank 42nd. ,page 394.

Actually that report is full of gems. Judicial independance, as good as south africa. Favoritism by politicians, Tied with Etheopia. Wastefullness of govenment spending, 66th, tied with frickin Iran and lower then syria, pre-arab spring. And those are just the next 3 charts, out of 100+!

The labor participation rate meanwhile has fallen to 63,5%, or just as high as it was in 1979. So when you calculate unemployment off that number instead of the "Seasonally adjusted" official number, taking into account the population has risen, Unemployment wouldn't be the official 8,1% but a more probable 11,7%. And still rising. That also neatly shows you how hard the data is being manipulated (in the competitiveness report, transparency of government policy making the US is 50th, china is 41st).

I could go on and on. How is this not The End of the US? How could it possibly get worse, yet still work? I'd say you have untill january 1st 2013 until it becomes appearant the end has already come and gone, so prepare accordingly. IMO, if you can, get out and get out now. Otherwise get some gold/silver and a gun, while it's still legal to do so.

RE: Convenient America
By Jeffk464 on 9/11/2012 10:00:11 AM , Rating: 2
Uhm, I think you have it wrong the machines don't manipulate the stock market. Wallstreet completely controls congress, who only listen to the people when they absolutely have to.

