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Martial Law, Riots, FEMA, Economic Depression, New World Order, End of Religion, What's going on?
Many are saying that because our nation's 14 trillion + debt that as a country we will lose our sovereignty as we head into the largest depression that our country has ever faced.
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Statistics:
• 83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
• 61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
• 66 percent of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.
• 36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.
• A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
• 24 percent of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year.
• Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008.
• Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975.
• For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together.
• In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one.
• As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.
• The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation’s wealth.
• Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.
• In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector.
• The top 1 percent of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago.
• In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.
• More than 40 percent of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying.
• or the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011.
• This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour.
• Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years.
• Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009.
• The top 10 percent of Americans now earn around 50 percent of our national income.
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Conspiracy theories abound whether they are correct or not, common sense and simple math dictate that something major is about to take place. If one looks at exponential growth in all of the areas that are affecting this economy it is obvious that we've finally hit the threshold of no return. It is easy to say that a depression of epic proportions will never take place nor will riots, martial law, civilian prison camps, the New World Order, the eradication of religion, etc. Of course all of this is merely drama and conspiracy.
The ancient Greeks realized the power of philosophy....enough said.
10 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
We can cure the entire problem with strict term limits and prison terms for all corruption in government and corporations.
The second amendment becomes more important every day.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
It seems the USA is having a hard time in this current economic market place
what has happened is that since World War Two the USA has had an upward growing
economy until a few years ago.
Companies like the Big Three had to get real and cut their expenses and benefits and also
a lot of dead wood was cut out
Yes~ what you say is mostly true but the good part of the scenario is there is a lot of other countries
worst off then the USA ~ even Europe and Asia are reeling from an economic bubble bursting
I am retired~ but I can see that this next generation or two will just not have the capability to maintain
the lifestyle that the USA was accustomed to~ maybe this will be a good thing if people learn to
be more entrepreneurial instead of living off the government or big business
- ?Lv 45 years ago
first we allow it to be taught for two or three generations of Americans that God doesn't exist and that survival of the fittest is the natural process in which we select our leaders.this totally negates the basis of american freedom as a right granted by God established at the birth of our nation. then we promote entertainment that desensitizes those generations, emotionally preparing them for gratuitous violence.while we are at it,lest give them the right to commit fetuside,so we don't have to kill as many people who might resist in the years to come. as well,to curb the birth of children so they won't be such a problem,lets promote a lifestyle of same sex coupling,so they won't make babies. with these measures fully in place,the pacified public no longer cares if they are free,because they have not been educated into what that word really means. so then the wealthy who are involved with this plan,called bureaucracy,will be able to change legislation that at one time held off poverty in this nation, making the transfer of wealth to the 1% of the axxholes who started the process in the 50's. hey,God bless America.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
cant say for sure, but come to your conclusion based on the facts. it seems as if you are correct, something is going to happen. because think about it, the system cannot continue to work this way. Bailout after bailout is not HELPING. It is just prolonging the depression, not getting things to the way they were.
and i hear we are going into a double dip depression?
im seeing billboards saying "worrying about the recession on makes things worse, relax"
what i dont get is, why didnt the economic financial ppl see this coming. and give us year ahead of time to save up for this if it was unavoidable. why was it jsut like boom, sudddenly we are in a depression. no warnings.
stay up my friend
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- Misty BlueLv 71 decade ago
No such place as never never land,eventually we all pay the price.All that bull about affluent America,turns out it was in hock up to it's eyeballs!What's worse is Americans are used to a certain way of life,they wont cope with abject poverty now that living above their means has come home to haunt them.
- Joe KneeLv 51 decade ago
Perhaps the American and western middle class in general will finally realize that those they've entrusted with power for decades have not been working to serve their interests.
- Diddy DorisLv 51 decade ago
Every generation believes the end is nigh. Just like they believe that "kids today are more naughty". If you go back in history you will see the same phrases repeated time and time again.
The fear has just been heightened this time around because the of the easy access to information and ideas. Plus disaster movies are not good for morale.