Friday, January 8, 2010

How long can the U.S. sustain itself with nail salons, burger joints, and coffee shops?

don't forget the all important shoe stores and thrift shops. my own town has suffered some. never thought i'd see it here, but once high dollar real estate downtown now has thrift shops. the powers that be, in their infinite wisdom barred chain places like McDs etc from opening stores in the downtown business core so we don't have burger shops per se, but we have coffee every three steps. i don't know how long we can hold out. i think the city is advertising for roommates.How long can the U.S. sustain itself with nail salons, burger joints, and coffee shops?
Do you have a solution to this supposed problem or are you just blowing hot air?





I think America will do just fine as the world financial center, which we are, and where trends say we are heading. Having a world-leading Financial industry is a much better choice for a prosperous civilization than manufacturing or agriculture, anyway. For one thing, nobody wants to go to war with their number 1 customer, nor would they want to go to war with a guy who has all their money. Secondly, being the world's preeminent financiers means that we are disgustingly rich. That means a society that is focused on science and the arts instead of stamping pieces of metal or sowing wheat seeds. That means self-actualizing jobs in the pursuit of dreams instead of dead-end jobs staring at a conveyor belt until retirement.





Historical Venice is a good example of a civilization that built its power on finance. It built a vast trade empire and was hugely influential in its time despite being a city-state with poor natural resources, all because Venice had an incredibly powerful financial sector. All of Italy became known for it's powerful banks, and this in turn is what fueled the Italian Renaissance, and the reason we have things like modern art and rocket ships and human liberty.





America, unlike Venice, Florence, or Rome, has the added bonus of being a natural resource rich land, so we will always have fall back industries in the event of decline in wealth. The U.S will be around for a long time, as long as we cling to our liberty, and we stick to what we do best; which is make money.How long can the U.S. sustain itself with nail salons, burger joints, and coffee shops?
The NAIL SALONS? They are primarily controlled by those VIETNAMESE and they have been BLACK MARKETING our money for a VERY LONG TIME!





You hear them smiling, laughing how they send that money back.





Well, that is against the law they are not suppose to send OUR CURRENCY OVER THERE and that is what they do. They send our $100 BILLS back to VIETNAM and JACK OUR DOLLAR AND MAKE IT WEAKER.





If it had not been for those ';Charlies'; (South Vietnamese) being a traitor while we were there WE WOULD HAVE WON THAT DAM WAR.





I have heard them say THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME HERE but since AMERIKA gave them so much THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HERE!





They can GET THE HELL OUT TOO.
Not much longer...





I want to be able to buy a TV, cell phone, or computer that was made in the US, damn it. I want to be able to buy *something* that was made in America by Americans, but the wealthy elite and the republican party shipped everything overseas.
We need all business to make this country, but if all the manufacturing goes out of the country because they are taxed to death then we will not be able to sustain forever.





Time for people to wake up and realize what will happen.
Not long. A service-based economy doesn't create wealth, but rather shuffles money around. A return to a manufacturing-based economy will return jobs and create wealth. That won't happen so long as ';free trade'; is embraced by our elected officials. (Note that I did not call them ';leaders';)
It can't.





Real wealth is created by manufacturing, mining, and agriculture


Services just shift wealth around but don't create it.





It is criminal the way heart has been ripped out of our economy.
I don't know. We need our manufacturing base back, that's what builds real lasting capital. Us allowing our economy to go from manufacturing to service based was a big mistake. We need to get rid of the unions and build back our manufacturing . God bless.
The current economy is evident that it cant already...





Record trade deficits are just that.. More money going out than coming in.
As long as you are frequenting nail salons, burger joints and coffee shops.
Great Question. The problem is that we have a population that does not understand economics.
We'd just have to go back to doing that stuff for ourselves.
As long as we want, LOL!

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