Empire on the Brink

[Sasquatch]

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[FONT=Times New Roman]Republicans and "Free Market" Zealots Bring Disaster to America [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]M[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]arch 12. Crude oil for April delivery hit $110 per barrel. The US dollar fell to a new low against the Euro. It now takes $1.55 to purchase one Euro.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]These new highs against the dollar are the ongoing story of the collapse of the US dollar as world reserve currency and corresponding collapse of American power.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Each new decision from the insane Bush regime pushes the dollar a little further along to oblivion. The same Fed announcement that boosted the stock market on March 11 sent the dollar reeling and the price of oil up. The Fed’s announcement that it and other central banks are going to deal with the derivative crisis by monetizing $200 billion of the troubled instruments signaled more dollar inflation.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Of course, something needed to be done to forestall an implosion of the financial system, but a less costly alternative was at hand. The mark-to-market rule could have been suspended in order to halt the forced sale and write down of assets and to provide time in which to sort out derivative values, which are higher than the fire sale prices.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]More pressure on the dollar resulted from the decision to award the European company, Airbus, a $40 billion contract that could reach $100 billion to build US Air Force tankers. In simple terms, that means another $40 to $100 billion added to the US trade deficit, and a loss of $40 to $100 billion in US Gross Domestic Product and associated jobs.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Of course, the Bush regime had to award the contract to Europe as a payoff for Europe’s support of the Bush regime’s wars of aggression in the Middle East. Europe is not going to provide Bush with diplomatic cover for his wars and NATO troops for his war in Afghanistan without a payoff.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Here is the picture: The US economy, which has been kept alive by enormous debt expansion that has over-reached its limit, is falling into recession. The traditional way out by expanding the supply of money and credit is blocked by the impaired banking system, the levels of consumer debt, the collapsing value of the US dollar, and rising inflation.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Bush regime is attempting to bypass the stalled credit expansion by sending Americans $600 checks, money that will mainly be used to reduce existing credit card debt and not to fund new consumption.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US is dependent on foreigners not only for energy but also for manufactured goods and advanced technology products. The US is dependent on foreigners to finance our consumption of $800 billion annually more than the US produces. The US is dependent on foreigners to finance its red ink wars, and the US government’s budget deficit is now expanding as tax revenues decline with the declining economy.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The bottom line: US power is enfeebled. US power depends on the willingness of foreigners to finance our wars and on the willingness of foreigners to continue to accumulate depreciating dollar assets.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The US cannot close its trade deficit. Oil prices are rising, and offshore production of goods and services for US markets results in a dollar-for-dollar increase in imports, while reducing the supply of domestic goods available for export.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US cannot close its budget deficit while it is squandering vast sums on wars that serve no US purpose, handing out $150 billion in red ink rebates, and falling into recession.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]US living standards, which have been stagnant for years, will plummet once dollar decline forces China off the dollar peg. So far prices of the Chinese-made goods on Wal-Mart shelves have not risen, because the Chinese currency, pegged to the dollar, falls in value with the dollar. In a word, tottering US living standards are being supported by China’s willingness to subsidize US consumption by keeping its currency grossly undervalued.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US is overextended economically and militarily, just as was Great Britain with the fall of France in the opening days of World War II. The British had the Americans to bail them out. After the chewing gum and bailing wire patch-ups are exhausted, who is going to bail us out?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at: PaulCraigRoberts@yahoo.com

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[BrAinPaiNt]

The fall of the dollar is a huge part of the increase in oil no doubt, however one can not overlook China's growing consumption of oil as well.

[heavyg]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

The fall of the dollar is a huge part of the increase in oil no doubt, however one can not overlook China's growing consumption of oil as well.

Be carefull BP that kind of talk doenst go along with the blame Bush for everything including the fall of the Roman Empire thinking.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Originally Posted by heavyg

Be carefull BP that kind of talk doenst go along with the blame Bush for everything including the fall of the Roman Empire thinking.

I can still find a way to blame bush.

[heavyg]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

I can still find a way to blame bush.

Seems most can...lol

[Jon88]

Well, I just went outside.

The sky is still up.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Originally Posted by Jon88

Well, I just went outside.

The sky is still up.

Were you doing a handstand?

[Jon88]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

Were you doing a handstand?

[Jordan55]

This article coming from the same guy who wrote

Impeach Bush And Cheney now
By Paul Craig Roberts
Online Journal Guest Writer


Jul 17, 2007, 01:03

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Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran
Yeah he creditable, we have four more months till were at war with Iran

And this paragraph from above, is a winner
More pressure on the dollar resulted from the decision to award the European company, Airbus, a $40 billion contract that could reach $100 billion to build US Air Force tankers. In simple terms, that means another $40 to $100 billion added to the US trade deficit, and a loss of $40 to $100 billion in US Gross Domestic Product and associated jobs.
So we should have awarded the contract to Boeing, even thogh it would have been a total waste of tax payer money for a plane that does not meet the specifications.
The sky is falling, the Antartic is melting, OH NO! what do we do
The answer Vote for Hililary or Obama, Right!
Raise our taxes thats the answer

[Sasquatch]

Originally Posted by Jordan55

This article coming from the same guy who wrote

Impeach Bush And Cheney now

Well, we are talking about a Reagan appointee here and the father of "Reagonomics."

[Jordan55]

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

Well, we are talking about a Reagan appointee here and the father of "Reagonomics."

I saw that, but from a few of the articles I glanced at
He's a little bit a Fear Monger, As far the economy goes up until the last year with the hyped mortgage industry collapse the economy was actually doing quite well.
The republicans biggest problem during this current administration
was their inability to control government spending and it only looks to get brighter with the socialistic policies of the Democratic party.
God Help us
Can you say TAX ME

[BrAinPaiNt]

Originally Posted by Jordan55

I saw that, but from a few of the articles I glanced at
He's a little bit a Fear Monger, As far the economy goes up until the last year with the hyped mortgage industry collapse the economy was actually doing quite well.
The republicans biggest problem during this current administration
was their inability to control government spending and it only looks to get brighter with the socialistic policies of the Democratic party.
God Help us
Can you say TAX ME

A fear monger writer talking about a fear monger admin...how quaint.

[iceberg]

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Empire on the Brink[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]Republicans and "Free Market" Zealots Bring Disaster to America [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]M[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]arch 12. Crude oil for April delivery hit $110 per barrel. The US dollar fell to a new low against the Euro. It now takes $1.55 to purchase one Euro.[/FONT]


[View Full Quote][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]These new highs against the dollar are the ongoing story of the collapse of the US dollar as world reserve currency and corresponding collapse of American power. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Each new decision from the insane Bush regime pushes the dollar a little further along to oblivion. The same Fed announcement that boosted the stock market on March 11 sent the dollar reeling and the price of oil up. The Fed’s announcement that it and other central banks are going to deal with the derivative crisis by monetizing $200 billion of the troubled instruments signaled more dollar inflation. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Of course, something needed to be done to forestall an implosion of the financial system, but a less costly alternative was at hand. The mark-to-market rule could have been suspended in order to halt the forced sale and write down of assets and to provide time in which to sort out derivative values, which are higher than the fire sale prices.[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]More pressure on the dollar resulted from the decision to award the European company, Airbus, a $40 billion contract that could reach $100 billion to build US Air Force tankers. In simple terms, that means another $40 to $100 billion added to the US trade deficit, and a loss of $40 to $100 billion in US Gross Domestic Product and associated jobs. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Of course, the Bush regime had to award the contract to Europe as a payoff for Europe’s support of the Bush regime’s wars of aggression in the Middle East. Europe is not going to provide Bush with diplomatic cover for his wars and NATO troops for his war in Afghanistan without a payoff. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Here is the picture: The US economy, which has been kept alive by enormous debt expansion that has over-reached its limit, is falling into recession. The traditional way out by expanding the supply of money and credit is blocked by the impaired banking system, the levels of consumer debt, the collapsing value of the US dollar, and rising inflation. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Bush regime is attempting to bypass the stalled credit expansion by sending Americans $600 checks, money that will mainly be used to reduce existing credit card debt and not to fund new consumption.[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US is dependent on foreigners not only for energy but also for manufactured goods and advanced technology products. The US is dependent on foreigners to finance our consumption of $800 billion annually more than the US produces. The US is dependent on foreigners to finance its red ink wars, and the US government’s budget deficit is now expanding as tax revenues decline with the declining economy.[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The bottom line: US power is enfeebled. US power depends on the willingness of foreigners to finance our wars and on the willingness of foreigners to continue to accumulate depreciating dollar assets. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US cannot close its trade deficit. Oil prices are rising, and offshore production of goods and services for US markets results in a dollar-for-dollar increase in imports, while reducing the supply of domestic goods available for export. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US cannot close its budget deficit while it is squandering vast sums on wars that serve no US purpose, handing out $150 billion in red ink rebates, and falling into recession. [/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]US living standards, which have been stagnant for years, will plummet once dollar decline forces China off the dollar peg. So far prices of the Chinese-made goods on Wal-Mart shelves have not risen, because the Chinese currency, pegged to the dollar, falls in value with the dollar. In a word, tottering US living standards are being supported by China’s willingness to subsidize US consumption by keeping its currency grossly undervalued.[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The US is overextended economically and militarily, just as was Great Britain with the fall of France in the opening days of World War II. The British had the Americans to bail them out. After the chewing gum and bailing wire patch-ups are exhausted, who is going to bail us out?[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at: PaulCraigRoberts@yahoo.com[/FONT]

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well -we'd better start hauling arse now outta here!!!

http://www.911dust.org/images/dust&#...%20running.jpg

RUN AWAY - RUN AWAY!!!! SAVE YOURSELF FOR WE SUCK BADLY AND ARE ALL DYING!!!!

[iceberg]

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

Well, we are talking about a Reagan appointee here and the father of "Reagonomics."

we are talking about someone you pre-agree with so you'll already kiss his nuggets and promote how bad we are.

[ConcordCowboy]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

A fear monger writer talking about a fear monger admin...how quaint.

That is a joke.

This Administration wrote the book on fear mongering.