Im surprized no one has blamed the war in iraq!!

Well, I understand that leaving the gold standard was a means to feed the economy to pull out of the depression, but since then fiat money only deflated the value of our bills more and more as time goes by. I feel that having returned to the gold standard at some opportunity after the immediate threat had passed would have preserved the value of our dollar, keeping factories at home, and Walmart stocked with American made products at competitive prices. A stronger economy, job security and fewer built in taxes overall could only be a good thing, right?

I think we need to think about using our own natural resources for food and fuel etc......its already starting but you have to think locally........no more exotic fruit from thailand etc.....

As a small start to the dominoe effect.......

A recession is a phase of a normal economic cycle. Peak, Recession, Troph, Recovery. One of these processes equals one economic cycle. The periods it take to complete each always fluctuate and are never the same. We are currently in the recession, we will hit the troph, and then we shall enter recovery, until the peak and the process starts over again.

There is Macroeconomics 101.

Thanks for the info.......but I dont see the blame laid anywhere here.......and Im wanting to blame someone besides the 2 bald bobs soooooooooooo ?

Three things IMO,

1- A large trade deficit which has weakened the dollar.
2- A Costly war initiated by bad policies and compounded by even
worse economic policies which have increased the National
debt to historic levels. Someones idea of a quick fix is
to simply print more money, and give large tax breaks, which
further weakens the dollar, and causes them to print more
worthless money.
3- A stock market driven by emotions and fear based greed
rather than common sense.


Oh, and Canada!!

Nice (((Fanta)))

About time you showed up!!! But now I have to leave!!

I also blame GLEN AND THE 2 BOBS!!!

Basics of governing dynamics, when you do what's best for yourself without regard for the team, the team loses;^]

i will be honest i struggle as a single guy in the uk and on a small wage, the government has done nothing for me, so why should people vote!

Work?

(((No1sLove)))

Nixon

the leading culprit is gas prices. when we take our excess income and put it in thegas tank we dont spend it on other things like a night out on the town or new clothes or a new patio set

On aside note how much the rise on gas prices are related to the war in the middle east is anyone guesse I would think it is substantial, now its time to hop on my mower and burn five bucks worth of gas cutting the grass, well 4.00 bucks at least

I blame the globalists & the politicians who voted for these one sided trade agreements. It's choking our jobs, our wealth & everything else.

We should also be supplying our own oil first & let Japan buy from Canada & Mexico. Energy prices are going through the roof while neither party does a darn thing about it.

I simply call it "Murphy's Law". Sooner or later, SOMETHING is bound to happen no matter how hard and diligent you are to deter it.

I blame Lindyy ....

I blame Gypsy's unicorn hair