Is it possible the United States of America could fall as a country? My classmates and history teacher were discussing/arguing about this. If it is possible list reasons why and support it.
Problem with spending has always been an issue simply because as children we're not taught well how to manage our money this unfortunate habit carries into adulthood where it matters a hell of a lot more. Before it wasn't as big a problem because the US has always had great economic success, you never had to worry about losing your job, but with the depression all of those credit card bills suddenly became a problem. The parent of one of my classmates has no less than 16 credit cards, assuming a limit as low as 2000 on each that's still $32,000 of debt without adding the insanely high interest rates.
The parent of one of my classmates has no less than 16 credit cards, assuming a limit as low as 2000 on each that's still $32,000 of debt without adding the insanely high interest rates.
i can only say that he is not different from nay other americans. credit cards are very populair in the usa. but they somehow can not see that credit cards are bad and debit cards are good. (like they couldn't see bush sucked balls when he was choosen a 2nd time.)
isn't it obvius that credit = debt. and not your money?
Would you rather die randomly with a fighting chance against an enemy, or be killed systematically by the unchecked oppression of your own government?
learn what communism is befor saying **** like this.
upon liberation, most of Eastern Europe was happy to be on the winning side.
i never said east europe where happy for very long. but when they got liberated from germany they did cheer for the russians and some countrys even wanted to russians to be their goverment and not the usa. (i can not recall wich country it was. but i'm 100% sure cause ive seen the video of it on discovery history the other day)
i can only say that he is not different from nay other americans.
Please refrain from blanket statements, while it may be true that some American's are unable to manage their debt, it doesn't mean that they're all like that. My parents for example have 4 credit cards, three personal and one business, while I don't know the details of the business card, the personal cards are always paid off at the end of the month.
There is nothing wrong with credit itself, it's just that you have to know how to used the advantage you gain with credit to be able to effectively manage your money.
As far as I know, my dad uses his debit nearly all of the time. So that's safe marketing. We recently made a 6,000-ish dollar furniture purchase. If we use debit, there goes a part of this months paycheck. If we use credit, we pay over 36 months. I don't know about you, but you are crazy if you think it is stupid/bad economics to use credit cards.
Would you rather die randomly with a fighting chance against an enemy, or be killed systematically by the unchecked oppression of your own government?
I think he knows what communism is, I believe he was specifically referring to communism in the USSR
There is nothing wrong with credit itself, it's just that you have to know how to used the advantage you gain with credit to be able to effectively manage your money.
Exactly. My parents have 2 credit cards (1 each) with about an $18,000 limit ($36,000 total). They never spend anywhere near that tho. They know how much money they have saved and make their payments on time and in full. For their cards, there's 0% added and no fees for on-time payments.
If you know you don't have the money yet, don't buy it. Multiple cards also tend to ruin people. They'll forget which ones they've paid and miss one. Then the card companies can add high fees and 10% of the bill every week. That's how the companies stay in business.
learn what communism is befor saying **** like this.
Of course if communism worked perfectly, the world would be a better place. It has never worked perfectly and likely never will. The problem is greed for power. Those on top can do anything they want unchecked like Stalin did.
learn what communism is befor saying **** like this.
Did you know that about the same number of Soviets were killed in WWII as were executed by Stalin's purges? 23,400,000 soldiers (and civilians whose deaths were caused directly by the war). 23,000,000 civilians were killed seperately by the purges and neglect.
[quote=Winston Churchill]...it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried...[/quote]
I wrote an essay on this for my American History final, and I cannot agree with it more.
However, back to the topic, America's government has worked for over 200 years (235 years and 1 week to be exact :P), and I do not foresee it falling anytime soon.
I think direct democracy would work well as a system if not for the fact that countries have millions if not billions of citizens, and we can't agree with our opponents if there is a gun pointed at us.
So the obvious solution is to separate everyone by personality then divide those groups into 'clans' of 20 or so. Voila, the perfect government. /sarcasm
However, back to the topic, America's government has worked for over 200 years (235 years and 1 week to be exact :P), and I do not foresee it falling anytime soon.
Not trying to shoot you down, but our current government system didn't start until the Constitution was ratified by all of the colonies (Rhode Island took forever) which happened on June 21, 1788 (223 years and 20 days ago). Before that, we were under the Articles of Confederation which didn't work because the federal government had almost no power. I agree with the rest of your statement.
I think direct democracy would work well as a system if not for the fact that countries have millions if not billions of citizens, and we can't agree with our opponents if there is a gun pointed at us.
Yeah, back when there was only a few thousand in a nation, it was fine. The only problem with democracy is there are too many uneducated people. That's why the framers of the constitution made it a Republic instead.
So the obvious solution is to separate everyone by personality then divide those groups into 'clans' of 20 or so. Voila, the perfect government. /sarcasm
That made me ROFL. That's what happened in China back in the early days. There were hundreds of small groups who wanted more land and other things. This greed led to hundreds of battles. The few who won took control. The only way people emerged was through war.
I never said they would be allowed to war, each group is allotted a plot of land and resources after which they are walled off by an electric fence.
The only problem with democracy is there are too many uneducated people.
Not a first time problem, one of my classmates told me he was against Obamacare, not a problem, that is his right. What pissed me off is that when I asked him why, he said "Because I'm republican, and the republican party is against it." This is the kind of person that will be voting the day he turns 18, I don't care if the voter is stupid, just be informed on the issue.
@Kyouzou That clan of 20 or so would all kill eachother for the resources. You can't have them alone either: they'll go insane.
Also, I'm so proud to be an independent voter. No political party, no commitment to a group, therefore no pressure to say things I don't agree with. No pressure to agree with something with no reasoning.
