Who still thinks there will be an economic "recovery"?

We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

CriticalBill wrote: In America, our system makes it possible to start from nothing and build great wealth..

Not so much as most believe, not anymore.

I can't remember where I put it, it's stored on my other computer I think, but in the past 12 months a report came out on this very issue and it isn't pretty. One thing I remember from it was that the odds of someone with "nothing" becoming wealthy in America were less than they were in someplace like Taiwan.

Complicated reasons, but mostly having to do with how expensive it is to start any kind of a business in the U.S. and how the laws favored big corporations over "microbusiness" so that it was very difficult to rise from meager beginnings in this country.

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

It's a sad day when citizens refer to President Obama as a monkey.

OmniScience wrote:

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

It's a sad day when citizens refer to President Obama as a monkey.

Indeed, it is a sad day when that happens. Too bad that's not the President I was referring to.

AspenValley wrote:

CriticalBill wrote: In America, our system makes it possible to start from nothing and build great wealth..

Not so much as most believe, not anymore.

I can't remember where I put it, it's stored on my other computer I think, but in the past 12 months a report came out on this very issue and it isn't pretty. One thing I remember from it was that the odds of someone with "nothing" becoming wealthy in America were less than they were in someplace like Taiwan.

Complicated reasons, but mostly having to do with how expensive it is to start any kind of a business in the U.S. and how the laws favored big corporations over "microbusiness" so that it was very difficult to rise from meager beginnings in this country.

You can thank all the government over-regulation of business for a great deal of the complexity and expense. For traditional brick and mortar business the cost is very high with rent, taxes and paying employees. However, that is not the future for the next generation of successful entrepreneurs.

Disruptive forces like cloud computing are great for internet start-ups, you can be your own start-up for less than a $100 a month. Of course you need talent to do so, but someone that has the skills can be their own start-up. The point is that the barrier to entry is low. I have faith that many will succeed because many do. I read about it every day on [url=http://www.techcrunch.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.techcrunch.com[/url].

Kate wrote:

OmniScience wrote:

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

It's a sad day when citizens refer to President Obama as a monkey.

Indeed, it is a sad day when that happens. Too bad that's not the President I was referring to.

She must of been talking about Carter, but he was just a chimp. It is easy to confuse the two.

conifermtman wrote:

Kate wrote:

OmniScience wrote:

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

It's a sad day when citizens refer to President Obama as a monkey.

Indeed, it is a sad day when that happens. Too bad that's not the President I was referring to.

She must of been talking about Carter, but he was just a chimp. It is easy to confuse the two.

I'm sure you meant "must HAVE been talking...." Easy mistake.

Kate wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

Kate wrote:

OmniScience wrote:

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

It's a sad day when citizens refer to President Obama as a monkey.

Indeed, it is a sad day when that happens. Too bad that's not the President I was referring to.

She must of been talking about Carter, but he was just a chimp. It is easy to confuse the two.

I'm sure you meant "must HAVE been talking...." Easy mistake.

Just like voting for Obama was.

conifermtman wrote:

Kate wrote:

conifermtman wrote:

Kate wrote:

OmniScience wrote:

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

It's a sad day when citizens refer to President Obama as a monkey.

Indeed, it is a sad day when that happens. Too bad that's not the President I was referring to.

She must of been talking about Carter, but he was just a chimp. It is easy to confuse the two.

I'm sure you meant "must HAVE been talking...." Easy mistake.

Just like voting for Obama was.

That's a matter of opinion, unlike rules of grammar, which are quite easy to verify.

Kate wrote: We already tried a monkey and that's what got us into this mess.

That is why we are trying to get him voted out in 2012.

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