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Old 12-17-2008, 12:39 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by Darkland View Post
Ummm, you didn't really think it was going to improve did you?

I wrote in this thread over 2 months ago when people were happy the dollar was improving:
http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=859955


The dollar will never be the same again and will only get worse unless someone actually tries to fix our problems instead of just throwing more money (fake or printed) at them.
That's the problem we all face in the West and until it's addressed and the real causes of this situation are faced we will keep suffering. The real problem is we thought technology, banking and services would balance the huge imports. The results are all clear to see.

The short term will be something like the "New Deal" the long term will be a return to manufacturing goods the rest of the world will buy to balance what we buy from them. We also have to protect our technology so when we invent or develop something the Chinese don't just copy it and say screw you to the patents.
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