our debt is mostly to china I read - and according to BBC American news report (kinda an investigative reporting series) the debt has come down - which is better than increasing.
The challenge for us will be with the returning vets of war - who have formed strong relationship to their units and teams and will return to families who will feel foreign to them - and there are some challenges to turning warriors into non-violent productive community members - luckily we have a lot of career paths - law enforcement, disaster response, doctors, engineers, and I suspect alot of those warriors are stilled in tactics, communication, medical, or.... just perhaps someone out in the field - sick of the violence wants to come home to a family and be a boring accountant or banker or school teacher or librarian.....or even a worker at the internal revenue service - or an organic farmer or rancher or .... the list goes on because we have a hell of a lot of diverse and varied work - just not too much in the car manufacturing business although trucks are in big need here are are long haul truck drivers. Lets not even touch on the energy business or oil business or environmental protections - or fishing or ......
It is just a theory and a perspective - the world is experiencing a major trend change and like all changes we cannot predict how it will unfold.
When the industrial era came about - and the agriculture era died - that is not to say that there was no farming? when the industrial era died and the age of information arose - which is where we are now - it is a time of massive changes in how we work, earn a living, travel, ship goods and service. There are still major manufacturing in the US - however the cities and towns whose main income was from the car manufacturing is gone now. Specialized plants and facilities exist now - and medicine, computer, mass communication systems are the norm.
It is just looking different - the debt is going down - the baby boomers are now aging and dying out - the country is getting ready to bring back all its soldiers and accept them into mainstream communities - so medical care is important and getting jobs that can use their skill sets.
There is not going to be an economic collapse because the debt is sustainable and being reduced from when Obama got into power - it will take some time - we are in the right direction - if we can just get those silly politicians set the big picture and not just their own agenda - we are going to prevail.
my experience is that I have met more than a handful of quality peeps here - and they are my friends because we met in person - the acquaintance was met here - but the friendship arose because we met in real life. This site is only a tool to be used, or abused at each person's will.
International forums - the best and the worst and the ugly - no wait that's just my profile.
CS is a very good social networking tool - I am crazy about the International forums, not so crazy about receiving emails from posers and time wasters -
What have you done lately to make a better world? or least a better place for you in the world?
you might be happy if you set your standards so low - Age isn't really a criteria - you are right - however, finding a sincere woman who has similar interests and outlook in life might be a better chance of happiness.
I wish you all the best in that match. and in the mean time...... you should play in the international forums..... cause we CS's LOVE to play in the forums!
Thanks Halv0 - I am so impatient - I still have to work in the US for 2 more years and I don't have enough time to travel to Scotland until late fall of this year.....
It is very difficult to find that Scottish man - since I am unable to date from here.
RE: Rosy expectations RE:US economic, financial and political recovery
I hear one shouldn't struggle when in quicksand.... sucks us in faster.... now where is that olive branch to grab onto and pull ourselves out?....