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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #150 on: December 07, 2018, 04:09:50 pm »
 But getting back to the original subject.

I would not be dismissive about our fiscal  situation. I don’t know if Trump really said what he said. And I’m gonna need more evidence than  someone claiming he said it. But if he did, it’s highly unfortunate. One of the reasons Social Security and Medicare are popular because they’re able to hide the true cost from the public. What’s promised can be passed onto another generation. Tell Americans that they have to pay the full cost, including the promises, without borrowing or printing, and you would see riots that would make those French fuel tax riots seem like just a little misunderstanding
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #151 on: December 07, 2018, 04:13:39 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 07, 2018, 03:47:27 pm
The fact that we're older means most of us heard the same "we'll fix the world" crap from our fellow young people back in the 1960s. Don't trust anyone over 30!

How'd that work out?

The idealism of youth. I had it big time in ‘68. Fast forward to today. What do we have? Same shit, different day.
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #152 on: December 07, 2018, 04:15:04 pm »
Quote from: Dexter on December 07, 2018, 04:01:41 pm
Technology is evolving more and more rapidly. The world 100 years from now will have wonders beyond our comprehension.

That's right!  It has already evolved to the point that anyone who truly wants to become educated can do so and without having to ever sit in a chair within the halls of academia but if you want a piece of paper that SAYS you are educated (indoctrinated), THAT is an entirely different matter.
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"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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« Reply #153 on: December 07, 2018, 04:18:57 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on December 07, 2018, 04:15:04 pm
That's right!  It has already evolved to the point that anyone who truly wants to become educated can do so and without having to ever sit in a chair within the halls of academia but if you want a piece of paper that SAYS you are educated (indoctrinated), THAT is an entirely different matter.

And that could make a good chunk of college obsolete. At least the brick and mortar part of it. A perfect example of this is I got my BSN by having to sit through a classroom for 4 1/2 years. Today, two year RNs can take many courses online thereby saving themselves money

 This could be one of those problems were the market and innovation would solve the problem better than any government program
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #154 on: December 07, 2018, 04:24:00 pm »
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And that could make a good chunk of college obsolete. At least the brick and mortar part of it. A perfect example of this is I got my BSN by having to sit through a classroom for 4 1/2 years. Today, two year RNs can take many courses online thereby saving themselves money

 This could be one of those problems were the market and innovation would solve the problem better than any government program

Brick and mortar is already slowly dying at least for undergrad studies.  LOVE your tag line!  Wonder where we would be today had that man been elected instead of LBJ?
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« Reply #155 on: December 07, 2018, 04:27:53 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on December 07, 2018, 04:24:00 pm
Wonder where we would be today had that man been elected instead of LBJ?

It would have been terrible. We would have missed out on the expansion of govt' agencies and regulation under Nixon. Who would want to live in a world without CAFE standards and the EPA looking out for us?
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« Reply #156 on: December 07, 2018, 04:29:48 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on December 07, 2018, 04:27:53 pm
It would have been terrible. We would have missed out on the expansion of govt' agencies and regulation under Nixon. Who would want to live in a world without CAFE standards and the EPA looking out for us?

Not to mention one without the "Great Society" programs!
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #157 on: December 07, 2018, 04:39:15 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on December 07, 2018, 04:29:48 pm
Not to mention one without the "Great Society" programs!

Well we wouldn't have had that because LBJ would have been sent back to Texas in '64 and we all know Goldwater would have killed us all because the MSM of the day said so.
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« Reply #158 on: December 07, 2018, 04:52:59 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on December 07, 2018, 04:13:39 pm
The idealism of youth. I had it big time in ‘68. Fast forward to today. What do we have? Same shit, different day.

 I think everybody in their younger years are pretty idealistic and  naïve  and somehow  you just seem to know more than people who are older than you and everything you think is superior to their way of thinking.

As you get older, you find yourself saying more “dad was right”
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #159 on: December 07, 2018, 04:53:49 pm »
Quote from: Dexter on December 07, 2018, 04:01:41 pm
Technology is evolving more and more rapidly. The world 100 years from now will have wonders beyond our comprehension.

Exactly wrong. We are teetering on the ragged edge of dystopia, with every single thing straining at the seams. Our culture is eating itself, and our debt is so vast it can hardly be imagined.

You forget that Rome too, had wonders beyond comprehension in its day. And massive might. England once spanned the world...

And still they fell.

Perhaps it would do you good to look into why that happened.
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« Reply #160 on: December 07, 2018, 04:59:02 pm »
Quote from: Dexter on December 07, 2018, 03:58:24 pm
We are strong. You need to believe in us. There will always be useless and broken people. That is not our generation. The internet children are going to change the world for the better. The absolute best thing old people can do for young people is make the process of becoming educated easier and more efficient. When I am old I will fight for young people to have it better and easier than I did. It doesn't feel like y'all think that way and it's disappointing.

Ignorance is truly bliss. It is not the role of elders to coddle youth. You would do well to listen to those who are teaching you.
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #161 on: December 07, 2018, 06:55:15 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on December 07, 2018, 04:53:49 pm
Exactly wrong. We are teetering on the ragged edge of dystopia, with every single thing straining at the seams. Our culture is eating itself, and our debt is so vast it can hardly be imagined.

You forget that Rome too, had wonders beyond comprehension in its day. And massive might. England once spanned the world...

And still they fell.

Perhaps it would do you good to look into why that happened.

Don't worry, they'll get other people to invent things for them.  All they have to do is just believe hard enough.
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Re: Trump shrugs off future debt crisis: ‘I won’t be here’
« Reply #162 on: December 07, 2018, 07:02:52 pm »
Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on December 07, 2018, 06:55:15 pm
Don't worry, they'll get other people to invent things for them.  All they have to do is just believe hard enough.

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« Reply #163 on: December 07, 2018, 07:03:06 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 07, 2018, 03:47:27 pm
The fact that we're older means most of us heard the same "we'll fix the world" crap from our fellow young people back in the 1960s. Don't trust anyone over 30!



Today, I don't trust anyone UNDER 30!.
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