May 7, 2025May 7 12 hours ago, harryviking said: LOL! Anyone thinking America is so great at the moment must be sleeping under a stone, live in Thailand and be drunk in a bar every day and dreaming about the "good old days" when America did invade countries everywhere! Lol! At the moment an idiot is at risk of running America into the ground. Former allies of the US is now about to turn their backs on them and seeking other trading partners. What is so great actually??? For anyone who's paying attention it's quite obvious that America's been on the decline for at least 30 years, and Trump is precipitating that decline dramatically with his completely ridiculous and utterly uninformed tariff policies.
May 7, 2025May 7 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: For anyone who's paying attention it's quite obvious that America's been on the decline for at least 30 years, and Trump is precipitating that decline dramatically with his completely ridiculous and utterly uninformed tariff policies. Travelling USA from 1984 to 1995 I got a seriously reality check while experience everything else I thought USA was and about. Minnesota visiting family was my first trip, and not so much different from what I thought USA was about, but going east and south changed my perspective radically, and the state Washington I truly saw poverty, and the same in Florida, but different. China have already passed USA in so many ways, technology vise and will and power to execute essential projects faster and better than what we can do and perform in the west.
May 7, 2025May 7 1 hour ago, Hummin said: Travelling USA from 1984 to 1995 I got a seriously reality check while experience everything else I thought USA was and about. Minnesota visiting family was my first trip, and not so much different from what I thought USA was about, but going east and south changed my perspective radically, and the state Washington I truly saw poverty, and the same in Florida, but different. China have already passed USA in so many ways, technology vise and will and power to execute essential projects faster and better than what we can do and perform in the west. 1 hour ago, Hummin said: Travelling USA from 1984 to 1995 I got a seriously reality check while experience everything else I thought USA was and about. Minnesota visiting family was my first trip, and not so much different from what I thought USA was about, but going east and south changed my perspective radically, and the state Washington I truly saw poverty, and the same in Florida, but different. China have already passed USA in so many ways, technology vise and will and power to execute essential projects faster and better than what we can do and perform in the west. All you have to do is compare Amtrak with China's high speed trains and you have a rather vivid comparison of the lack of infrastructure development in the US, compared to China. There's no doubt that Asia continues to ascend while the US and Europe continue to decline. I don't see that changing anytime soon. Trump is not going to bring manufacturing back to the US, it's way too costly and there's a reason why it shifted overseas to begin with, none of that has changed. If the Goombah is serious about improving things in America the first thing he needs to figure out is how to lower prices in America which are astronomical at this point. My guess is that real inflation is about 22% annually right now. I am in the US and every single one of my staples goes up 10 to 12%, every 6 months. Magnesium ore and other ridiculous commodities that they used to determine inflation, which enable them to continue the lie, has absolutely no bearing on our lives.
May 8, 2025May 8 The real problem is consumerism. People always want everything. But you have to pay for it one way or another. Dickens character Mr Micawber never said a truer word - "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." The more we spend, the more things cost. Capitalism drives inflation. We need to end this spiral and live within our means. Only buy what is necessary. Applies to individuals and governments. We do not need growth, just stability. When your economy grows, something, somewhere is destroyed to pay for it.
May 9, 2025May 9 On 5/7/2025 at 8:24 PM, Hummin said: Travelling USA from 1984 to 1995 I got a seriously reality check while experience everything else I thought USA was and about. Minnesota visiting family was my first trip, and not so much different from what I thought USA was about, but going east and south changed my perspective radically, and the state Washington I truly saw poverty, and the same in Florida, but different. China have already passed USA in so many ways, technology vise and will and power to execute essential projects faster and better than what we can do and perform in the west. WHAT????🤣🤣🙄 LOL! What stone have you been sleeping under lately??
May 9, 2025May 9 On 5/8/2025 at 1:24 AM, Hummin said: Travelling USA from 1984 to 1995 I got a seriously reality check while experience everything else I thought USA was and about. Minnesota visiting family was my first trip, and not so much different from what I thought USA was about, but going east and south changed my perspective radically, and the state Washington I truly saw poverty, and the same in Florida, but different. China have already passed USA in so many ways, technology vise and will and power to execute essential projects faster and better than what we can do and perform in the west. You did not see poverty in Washington State. What you saw is people choosing to live on the streets. The entire West coast is that way and has been since the 60's, now theres just more of them. Florida isn't poverty either, again, they are choosing to live like that. Since Reagan got rid of mental institutions in the 80's it has gotten worse every year.
May 9, 2025May 9 13 minutes ago, SLOWHAND225 said: You did not see poverty in Washington State. What you saw is people choosing to live on the streets. The entire West coast is that way and has been since the 60's, now theres just more of them. Florida isn't poverty either, again, they are choosing to live like that. Since Reagan got rid of mental institutions in the 80's it has gotten worse every year. Mental illnesses are common in the United States and around the world. It is estimated that more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (59.3 million in 2022; 23.1% of the U.S. adult population) https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness
May 9, 2025May 9 3 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said: On this forum I would say 8 out of 10. About the same amount of leftists vs right. What a coincidence! That’s funny Again a nice reminder, being anti MAGA, doesn’t mean someone is leftists and mental health is not isolated to belief, sexual orientation, or political views, so good luck. Quite a few hardcore magas on this forum who obviously struggles with mental health, if you haven’t noticed. Not that hard to see just by observation Anyway, good luck
May 9, 2025May 9 On 5/4/2025 at 3:31 PM, Etaoin Shrdlu said: Exactly. And those who say "make America great again" are implying it isn't great now. What losers! It depends by what values you measure a country's greatness? Literacy is one issue; people in prison; is another measurement. Relative wealth: how far/ how many wage packets is a person away from losing their home? Immigration v emigration; how many people want to leave the USA? And death rates America has one of the highest deaths by violence/including guns & drugs in the whole world. But I don't the think Trump and his MAGA crew care too much about those things/ people.
May 9, 2025May 9 3 minutes ago, Magictoad said: It depends by what values you measure a country's greatness? Literacy is one issue; people in prison; is another measurement. Relative wealth: how far/ how many wage packets is a person away from losing their home? Immigration v emigration; how many people want to leave the USA? And death rates America has one of the highest deaths by violence/including guns & drugs in the whole world. But I don't the think Trump and his MAGA crew care too much about those things/ people. America is far from perfect and there are areas that cry out for improvement, some of which you have mentioned. I doubt that many of them are on MAGA's agenda, however. In fact, it seems that MAGA is actually against seeking workable answers to most of them.
May 9, 2025May 9 7 hours ago, ThreeCardMonte said: You’re just figuring this out, now? Blame the Democrats and their policies. Give them the credit where credit is due. It started with Reagan. And continued with every Democratic and Republican president since. Stop the partisan nonsense. America is on the decline and nothing that the goon does will change that.
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