I hope that the world economy can improve in meaningful ways in 2014. It would be great to see our local improvements here move out to the wider world, particularly Europe.
+1. I don't know if companies in the rest of the world are doing the same thing, but here in the US companies are holding near record amounts of cash.....and not hiring.limerickman said:This is a great thread - to all those who are unemployed, I really do hope that you get to find suitable employment in 2014. What is noticeable is that many people throughout the so called economically developed western world are unemployed through no fault of their own.
Any particular reason why you stopped wearing it?Originally Posted by CAMPYBOB
'I' had a jacket that looked like that in the 1970's!!!
United States Air Force surplus...snorkel hood, rabbit fur trim (pre-PETA) and filled with goose down and extra creepiness!
Military clothes, even hunting clothes, give me the Heebie-jeebies...Originally Posted by CAMPYBOB
It finally fell apart.
I bought it as mil-surp. Someone in the USAF wore it for several years before I paid something like $5 for it. http://www.us-military-n-3b-parka-surplus.com/n-3b-parka-sage-c21.htm
Now about $70 brand new. The real dead rabbit fur has been replaced by fake coyote fur so that when our soldiers/sailors/airmen kill someone they do it in an environmentally compliant manner. GoreTex versions by Propper run around $100.
I still buy used military clothing at gunshows. It's a great way to save money on clothing to work around the farm.
It is, but be wary of blog conclusions. Interestingly it wasn't mentioned in the blog article that companies are holding on to near record levels of cash and are not reinvesting in their workforce or creating more jobs. Also note that people that have stopped looking for jobs aren't just people that normally have low paying jobs. That group of people also includes, engineers, teachers, medical professionals and practitioners, or basically people from many different job sectors. Note also that such analysis needs to extend beyond the border of any one country as the economic collapse involved the entire world. As such given how intertwined world economies are with each other, any real recovery will require a world economic recovery. That's happening slowly, but anyone with any semblance of logic would have known that such a recovery would happen slowly.limerickman said:
Those that need money and would stimulate demand if they had it don't have the means for paying it back. And those that have it don't need it, so we get services like corporate buyouts, stock buybacks, and investing in paper of dubious value. We are a nation of talented, hard working people, but no customers.Originally Posted by alienator
It is, but be wary of blog conclusions. Interestingly it wasn't mentioned in the blog article that companies are holding on to near record levels of cash and are not reinvesting in their workforce or creating more jobs. Also note that people that have stopped looking for jobs aren't just people that normally have low paying jobs. That group of people also includes, engineers, teachers, medical professionals and practitioners, or basically people from many different job sectors.
That's how REI got started. At the end of WWII, military supply depots had enough climbing ropes, carabiners, pitons, hammers, ice axes, crampons, boots, and anoraks to outfit every serviceman and woman for mountain warfare. A bunch of outdoor enthusiasts in Seattle pooled their cash and bought a huge pile of it.Originally Posted by CAMPYBOB
It finally fell apart.
I bought it as mil-surp. Someone in the USAF wore it for several years before I paid something like $5 for it. http://www.us-military-n-3b-parka-surplus.com/n-3b-parka-sage-c21.htm
Now about $70 brand new. The real dead rabbit fur has been replaced by fake coyote fur so that when our soldiers/sailors/airmen kill someone they do it in an environmentally compliant manner. GoreTex versions by Propper run around $100.
I still buy used military clothing at gunshows. It's a great way to save money on clothing to work around the farm.
There you go! And people who make loads of money can have more votes because they're even more responsible, right? Your idea is just another version of a poll tax and differs little from voting laws being enacted to disenfranchise segments of the black and Hispanic communitiesMansmind said:There use to be a law saying that if you were not a property owner you didn't vote. While that would "fix" the issue now I'm not sure it is conducive to the times. Many very responsible people choose to never own property. In my opinion one voting law would get us on the right track very quickly... If you didn't pay income taxes last year (even a dollar) you don't get to vote in the election. Why not? Shouldn't those contributing to the pot make the decision as to how and where it is distributed? Alternately... you could do it on the delegate route. If your state isn't operating in the black.. your delegates don't count. Bankrupt states would have an issue, but then again they could choose to manage their affairs differently.
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