tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post25112222652693097..comments2023-10-10T03:56:09.086-05:00Comments on Notes from the Cab: And So The Killing Of Our Country ContinuesBartender Cabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-42764525185565520172011-06-18T17:49:46.630-05:002011-06-18T17:49:46.630-05:00I agree. When we produce nothing we become nothing...I agree. When we produce nothing we become nothing. We are headed that way.bartendercabbiehttp://bartendercabbie.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-82544204593994089702011-06-18T10:30:39.509-05:002011-06-18T10:30:39.509-05:00It's called "shitting in their own nest.&...It's called <i>"shitting in their own nest."</i><br /><br />By making products overseas with cheaper labor and selling those products here, companies create a society which consumes but does not produce. That is a society whose very fabric has been ripped apart. Consumption without production creates an economy based on debt, and debt has a limit.<br /><br />Production is unlimited in its ability to grow with a population, debt is not. Debt hit the wall in 2008. We reached the point at which we had accumulated more debt than could be repaid, and the economy crashed.<br /><br />The cause was not housing, the cause was not the <i>"mistakes on Wall Street,"</i> the cause was not government spending. The cause was that companies taking production out of our economy broke the fabric of our society.Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.com