I am by no means an expert in this area; my thought though is that some federal minimum standard for math, English, history, and civics should be mandatory to prevent having 50 different public school curricula. We already have the southern states introducing the ten commandments in their schools. Left totally unregulated, there's no telling how far they will go.
National debt tops 31 Trillion for the first time
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Each school district has its own curricula, and I'm ok with that. Southern states put their 10 commandments in and Northern states tell kids that gender is no more than a concept. There is no constitutional provision for the Federal government to get involved in education and that's the way it ought to be. Although it is also unconstitutional to teach religion in public schools, so there's that.
dilettante
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The other shoe:
The Great Melt-Up: Why The USA is Choosing Hyperinflation
The Great Melt-Up: Why The USA is Choosing Hyperinflation
gruntlabor
Last Frontier, Age 82
If you please, sir, that applies to both sides, as in turning all our Tommys into Teresas and vice versa.
I believe this is mostly nonsense that's hyped by republicans to scare people. I suspect a huge percentage of our youth are perfectly fine with the gender they're born with. I don't believe anyone is being forced to change genders. Most of this is just republican propaganda that applies to an extremely small percentage of the population. Moreover, why does it bother you if a young girl wants to live as a boy?
gruntlabor
Last Frontier, Age 82
Because your 'young girl' is an innocent child under the influence of monsters, and because dangerous drugs and surgeries are involved, and because the whole subject is ludicrous.
We are all responsible for the wellbeing and education (reading, writing, math, science, history, etc) of our children.
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I can't imagine any way to have a coherent conversation with you. I'm out.
Brookswood
Senior Member
Not to worry. Most of the debt will be paid by our children and grand children and maybe even our great grand children. Most of us are mostly off the hook.
Note: We need a really good sarcasm emoji.
Note: We need a really good sarcasm emoji.
Most everything thrown at us is hype intended to scare us into the behavior that makes us less able to think critically and therefore makes us easier to control. Control is the desired outcome.
No one is being forced to change genders. However, in some states, teens and even younger children expressing uncertainty about gender identity are being offered puberty blockers and irreversible surgery before they are old enough to vote or even drive in some cases. That seems ill-advised, as young people have been known to change their minds about things.Most everything thrown at us is hype intended to scare us into the behavior that makes us less able to think critically and therefore makes us easier to control. Control is the desired outcome.
gruntlabor
Last Frontier, Age 82
That's the 'roll your eyes' emoji, but many use the 'laughing face'.
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Knight
Well-known Member
It's IMO doubtful those of us that are in our late 70's or 80's will feel the negative impact of the debt & deficit. 30's & 40's I wouldn't want to be in that age group. Grandkids for sure IMO could be looking at misery we haven't experienced.
I think government jobs & lower paying service jobs
in combination with
1.decline in exports
2.decline in manufacturing jobs
3.increase in people drawing social security &medicare
4.increase in credit card debt.
5. increase in credit card default
All paint a gloomy picture in the coming years.
gruntlabor
Last Frontier, Age 82
Not to worry, the debt can never be paid. Our system will collapse under the weight.
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Knight
Well-known Member
I'm not worrying I'm 83 & I believe the collapse will impact those in their 50's & early 60's. In my post IMO that time frame is my best guess for the beginning of the collapse you think is coming.
Harry Le Hermit
Member
I think your timing is probably in line with mine. I project 10~15 years out, given current rate of rot.
gruntlabor
Last Frontier, Age 82
What if the collapse is sudden? No free labor to man our institutions, utilities, banks, provide our government's paychecks, social-security checks, welfare payments. Just angry mobs. How long will it take them to empty the stores and move along like locusts?
Not to be frightened, just aware. We all have to die sometime, just take steps for survival, my opinion.
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Knight
Well-known Member
No doubt we are all going to die, how, & when except for suicide is the mystery. The sceanario you describe should help with the when. Sooner than what would have been later.
Not sure what steps most if not all modern society could take to survive. Survival of the fittest comes to mind. But more than likely without the ability to maintain all that has made life as we know it comfortable, life for survivors should be pretty interesting.
gruntlabor
Last Frontier, Age 82
Know your neighbors, stock up a little on useful things to trade for what you need, be a person of value to others --maybe with a useful vocation.
Murrmurr
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It could be sudden. All it would take is losing the internet. There are techies who are capable (or very nearly capable) of making that happen, and western leaders know this but have done nothing of any significance to safeguard the internet.
We would be unable to access our bank accounts, but auto-electronic deposits would stop anyway. Supermarkets would be unable to restock shelves because shippers would be incapable of shipping, massive transit systems would be 100% unsafe, people would freeze without heat, die of heat-stroke without cooling, and no one would be able to call 911 or text a friend.
And any country capable of shutting down another country's internet would also be capable of keeping their own country's access alive....sort of like putting a splitter on the interweb, making it an innerweb.
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Mr. Ed
Be what you is not what you what you aināt
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Oh no, we are doomed. For certain there is no shortage of bad news to get us going for the day. I commend the media for reminding us life is not meant to be enjoyed, it is to be endured.
spectratg
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Brookswood
Senior Member
A good time to remind people that Ibonds now pay 1.2% plus inflation. Down 0.1% form the previous fixed rate.
dilettante
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It sure would be nice for that to be true.
papa tiger
Well-known Member
Divide honest payments into 35 Trillion and a 1000 years to pay it off.
If you figure a crazy but adequate inflation rate of around 18% one
may carefully go with 100 years. Sure, ya really mess up the political stuff!
Lots of people get shot most likely.
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I am more concerned with the Legalized Mafia that the world is down the stream with.
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Everything has to be overfunded, it always costs more all that sort of stuff. Bunch of fools is a thought.
My HVAC guy wants over $200 an hour to unload his tools at my drive. Insurance wants $$$$ to cover.
If you figure a crazy but adequate inflation rate of around 18% one
may carefully go with 100 years. Sure, ya really mess up the political stuff!
Lots of people get shot most likely.
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I am more concerned with the Legalized Mafia that the world is down the stream with.
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Everything has to be overfunded, it always costs more all that sort of stuff. Bunch of fools is a thought.
My HVAC guy wants over $200 an hour to unload his tools at my drive. Insurance wants $$$$ to cover.
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