Freepers:
I have been racking my brain at business opportunities as a result of the current economic situation and subsequent stimulus. I am an educated guy in his early 30’s with a great job and a decent amount of disposable income. My wife is also a young professional and we are DINKs but hope to change that later this year. I’m okay with hard work and would love nothing better than to own my own business.
Suggestions and recommendations are welcome.
...if Obama lets them.
Republicans should stress that it is our industrial capacity and associated jobs that must be bailed out before recovery can commence. Obama is no different that Bush-Clinton-Bush in thinking trade and money stimulus is the answer when private job stimulus is the answer.
Making instead of buying is the solution for families as it is for Government.
Economics / Global Economy
Feb 23, 2009 - 06:04 PM
Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar writes: It is said that today is pregnant with tomorrow. What and how we have done things in the past has shaped out today and what and how we do things today determine the shape of our future. To see into the future of our economies, with some small degree of certainty, we have to pay attention to what is happening around us and what we do.
But to get an idea of how the future will be, one has to have a real picture of the present. This is important since a false picture will present us with false alternatives, on which we act which in turn will result in unexpected outcomes (i.e., future that we are not prepared for).
It is not always easy to see through all the false pictures and data that we are constantly presented with. For example, in Norway on February 18 th , the real-estate association came out with the statement that the housing crisis was almost over and the bottom was reached. This was plastered all over the place. Next day on February 19 th , the Norwegian Centre for Statistics came out with its own forecast; stating that house prices will continue to fall for the next year and that situation will deteriorate further.
It was clear to some of us that the real-estate association was putting out false information to drum-up business for its members. But if banks, industrialists, and even politicians also send out false and misleading information, then the average person will make decisions that may be contrary to his or her best interests.
Most of us do not have the time, energy, or even the necessary knowledge to gather and sift through large amount of data. We rely on news media, and the experts to make most of our decisions. Until last year, very few people were talking about the tremendous crisis that was well under way; even though as early as 2006, there were clear signs that the economy was under tremendous pressure.
In this article I will try to provide you with a picture of the present situation and then try to extrapolate based on the current policies adopted by various governments, what the near future will look like.
The current economic situation
Let me tell you in no uncertain terms that we are facing a synchronised global economic depression and I am not the only one that is saying this. In early February, the International Monetary Fund's chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the world's advanced economies -- the U.S., Western Europe and Japan -- are "already in depression”. Gordon Brown, the UK's Prime Minister also used the word "depression" to describe the global economy, although his aides quickly said it was a slip of the tongue.
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“Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis”
Those “Dagny’s” are what keeps gov’t running at all. Stop the engine.
'- Eliminate payroll taxes, which unnecessarily burden young companies. Many small companies don't hire full-time employees because of the payroll tax burden, and this inhibits the creation of new jobs.'
Any and all cutting of taxes greatly impedes the goals of Marxism and Government domination. And you can surely bet this Administration will turn a blind eye and deaf ear to this great OP-ED.
Weapons aren’t obsolete.. They never worked any time they were tried.