What near future predictions do you have?

Nathan said:
Pretty much the same as in AZ, except that it will be Pacific Daylight Time here, rather than Mountain Standard Time. ;)

Sunday is still too far away to make a meaningful prediction, s#!t could still hit the fan between now and then.
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Actually we are on Pacific Time until whenever the clocks change again.
 
Global population decline will accelerate to frightening levels. The state of the world in Children of Men will become reality.

 
New work from home alliances will be founded which will seize large market share away from big corporations.
 
Don M. said:
Irresponsible government spending will drive the Federal deficit into Bankruptcy. The "solution" will be to Devalue the dollar. Prices for nearly everything will double, but incomes will not....putting the majority of our population into, or near, poverty.
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I respectfully disagree.

If we, ourselves, could print our own money like the Fed does, then we ourselves would never go bankrupt.

Thus is it with the Federal government. The 2008 RE Collapse was the perfect illustaration of this. Major banks were about to fail, to go bankrupt, because not even the banks can print their own money. So what did they do? They went to the Federal government, which can print more money and make loans with that, and they begged for money.

Thus, the big legacy banks were saved from bankruptcy.
Why? Because they were well-run businesses? No.
Because they were going to help people stay in their homes? NO!
Only because they had lobbied in D.C. for many years and made “relationships” with politicians.

It was all, “Save my business and I will give Big $ to your next campaign.”

Did that same Congress create a method by which individuals could get loans from the Fed and save their homes, or delay payments while they were unemployed? NO!
Why? Because we the individuals do not matter to the Fat Cats. You donate $50 to your favorite politician while the Big Bank donates $50,000. Your voice, my voice, we are like the buzzing of flies to these kinds of representatives.

To summarize - the Fed will never go bankrupt UNLESS some foreign enemy takes control of the Fed’s ability to print cash and regulate the banking system.
 
VintageBetter said:
I respectfully disagree.
To summarize - the Fed will never go bankrupt UNLESS some foreign enemy takes control of the Fed’s ability to print cash and regulate the banking system.
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That's what the people of Argentina and Greece thought before their governments fell into a financial mess in 2005-2007. Right now, our government is wasting almost 900 Billion/yr., just to pay the interest on the National debt. That is money that does no one any good except for those who invest in US Treasuries. Unless our government becomes fiscally responsible, it's just question of time before we all "pay the price".

https://www.usdebtclock.org/
 
Don M. said:
That's what the people of Argentina and Greece thought before their governments fell into a financial mess in 2005-2007. Right now, our government is wasting almost 900 Billion/yr., just to pay the interest on the National debt. That is money that does no one any good except for those who invest in US Treasuries. Unless our government becomes fiscally responsible, it's just question of time before we all "pay the price".

https://www.usdebtclock.org/
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And how much of our national debt can be attributed to our military ‘interventions?’
 
helenbacque said:
And how much of our national debt can be attributed to our military ‘interventions?’
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Well, if you look at the years since the US was founded, there are only a few years where your military has not been engaged in either a war or an invasion of some other country. My country, Canada was invaded twice by the United States military forces. Once during your Revolutionary War, and again during the War of 1812. On both occasions, the invading Americans were defeated. In central and south America, there is no country where the US has NOT tried to use it's military powers to control or over throw the Government of a country.
 
* Offending someone will be a criminal offense.
* Having a different opinion from someone else will affect your job opportunities.
* Half the world's population will engage in self-censorship.
* People will only listen to others who have the same opinions as themselves.
* Ostracizing others due to differences of opinion will become a pandemic.
* Mental health issues will increase due to all of the above.
* The USA will become significantly more polarized, followed by Europe.
* Free speech will become something only the rich will be able to afford.
* There will be no more debating in colleges & universities, as those establishments will only admit like-minded students.
* Opinions will outweigh facts in the courtroom and in society as a whole.
* One's own hearsay and the regurgitation of other people's hearsay will have more credence than facts & evidence.
* Government policies will be influenced only by the popular opinion of the electorate, as the one and only goal of the people in power will be to remain in power by garnering the popular vote.
* The average I.Q. of the world's population will continue to decrease, whereas in previous centuries it increased.
* Bretrick will win the lottery, eventually.
 
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The thread titled "Random Pictures Taken Using Your Phone... Let's See Yours", will eventually have more than 50% of pictures posted actually coming from a cell phone.
 
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