Downhill from 1974
We look today and see homeless, high prices, inflation, war and think has there been such a time before. Yes. And this one started after 1974.The war in Nam was still hurting. Numbers of men had been killed. Families left without husbands, sons and support. Hippies protested which became riots which became beatings and arrests by law enforcing government orders. I can't remember the saying..something about turn on and drop out?
Drugs followed soldiers home and took over the youth. PTSD tore more lives apart.Nixon became the symbol of corruption in government and a reason to distrust government even more. Free love and the pill showed women they had the same rights as men. Minority races either fought for rights or fought each other...the Black Panthers.
Rich became the enemy and Patty Herst turned her back on her familys wealth. Porn sneaked it ways into main stream society.
The boom of WW2 had boosted the economy and the norm was touted as the 2 bedroom house with the picket fence in the burbs, the station wagon, the 2 children, mom at home and the vacation to the Grand Canyon. Factory jobs pushed the American Dream.
But, the 70s showed a down turn. Factories closed and jobs moved over seas. Inflation ate into pockets. Gas went up and confidence went down. Hobos became homeless. Rents went up. Housing went up.
The horrors of napalm, bombings, refugees and taxes turned people against each other. Wages went up and prices went up to counter the profit margins of companies.
Divorces rose and peace and love were a fantasy.
So what is today is nothing new. It just continues. Altho, looking back..we should have said this ain't bad..just you wait.
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Then dumped money into China.
Ross Perot and "that great sucking sound" ring any bells?
Prior to WW2 the US had serious economic ups and downs.
Only after were actually functioning for about twenty years.
Honestly the US has always sucked and has been a war driven economy.
The US Has Been at war 225 out of 243 years since 1776
The History of US Recessions: 1797-2020
The problem to day is not prices increased a coconut is still a coconut, but currency has been devalued.
Pretty soon the great dark will balance the scales and we will be back to a warlord class.
Do you know what the Carrington event was?
The population also went up, very substantially since 1974.So apparently there isn't enough affluence to go round.
The population also went up, very substantially since 1974.So apparently there isn't enough affluence to go round.
You and I both live in the rust belt. Owners thought it best to ship all factories off to other countries.
Then they thought it best to stop coal production. That is touchy for both sides, Harlen county and it's history illustrates that.
Now natural ga and the reliance on EV's when their is not enough power in the grid.
And the slightest accident totals the car which con not have the battery simply trashed.
Me & my V45 Honda sabre
Went from Chino CA to
Clarendon TX ...Sept. 6 - 8
Lodging...3 hotels.. < $50.
Gasoline............. < 20.
Sept. 21 ..NFL game . TX stadium
1 ticket $20...( Sat in the shade.
Temp. On the field ; 120 F° !
Me & my V45 Honda sabre
Went from Chino CA to
Clarendon TX ...Sept. 6 - 8
Lodging...3 hotels.. < $50.
Gasoline............. < 20.
Sept. 21 ..NFL game . TX stadium
1 ticket $20...( Sat in the shade.
Temp. On the field ; 120 F° !
I turned twenty juts days before and my brother turned fourteen the next day, We went with two of the future 10k maniacs and tickets were like $20.
Bleachers about twenty feet from the Stage and just a little above it, left side perfect view.
Bruce Springsteen Setlist
at Reilly Center, Saint Bonaventure, NY, USA
Nov 10 1978
The idiot idea of governments is GNP. The economy must grow. We must manufacture more than 3 WORLDS can consume. And companies must have 6 vice presidents to the vice president...all making enormous salaries to think. And golden parachutes. While workers are expected to do more work for cheap wages.
This country is not pleasing the powers that be. Workers say why bust azz..why be loyal..boss isn't. The young don't care about buying a house and filling it with a ton of stuff they replace every couple years. They are buying and trading used. They want entertainment not material goods. And the companies hate old people cause we dont need more junk and buy little.
Until people say enough and stop buying, prices will continue to go up. I went to the grocery store..haven't been for a month or two. I walked around and came out with $81 worth. I saw many things I would like. Looked at price and thought..I can live without it and they can stick it where the sun doesnt shine. Looked at strawberries. $2.99 for the pack. Looked them over. Some too ripe, some ripe, some greenish. Nah..not worth the chance they are good.
Let's see: Kentucky has a Toyota plant, a couple Ford plants, the Corvette plant, and is building an automotive battery factory
I saw it used on an Aussie show about government, Utopia I think it was originally called.
Anyway they wanted to build a by way that would alter the amount of tragic at some choke point.
They hired experts to examine the problem.
Eventually the experts pointed out that after x amount of time Jevons paradox would set in and the same problem would exist.
"The Jevons paradox was first described by the English economist William Stanley Jevons in his 1865 book The Coal Question. Jevons observed that England's consumption of coal soared after James Watt introduced the Watt steam engine, which greatly improved the efficiency of the coal-fired steam engine from Thomas Newcomen's earlier design. Watt's innovations made coal a more cost-effective power source, leading to the increased use of the steam engine in a wide range of industries. This in turn increased total coal consumption, even as the amount of coal required for any particular application fell. Jevons argued that improvements in fuel efficiency tend to increase (rather than decrease) fuel use, writing: "It is a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth."
At that time, many in Britain worried that coal reserves were rapidly dwindling, but some experts opined that improving technology would reduce coal consumption. Jevons argued that this view was incorrect, as further increases in efficiency would tend to increase the use of coal. Hence, improving technology would tend to increase the rate at which England's coal deposits were being depleted, and could not be relied upon to solve the problem.
Although Jevons originally focused on coal, the concept has since been extended to other resources, e.g., water usage. The Jevons paradox is also found in socio-hydrology, in the safe development paradox called the reservoir effect, where construction of a reservoir to reduce the risk of water shortage can instead exacerbate that risk, as increased water availability leads to more development and hence more water consumption. "
Let's see: Kentucky has a Toyota plant, a couple Ford plants, the Corvette plant, and is building an automotive battery factory
Kentucky ranked low in the U.S. News Best State Rankings. Here is how the state did
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Overall, Kentucky ranked No. 39 in the 2023 Best State Rankings from U.S. News & World Reports.
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Here are the complete rankings for Kentucky:
Crime and corrections: No. 13
Economy: No. 43
Education: No. 32
Fiscal stability: No. 45
Health care: No. 46
Infrastructure: No. 23
Natural environment: No. 22
Opportunity: No. 13
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Job growth was -0.3% with a 0.2% net migration
Within education, the state was No. 36 in higher education and No. 27 in Pre-K to 12. Its high school graduation rate is 91.1%
The No. 48 ranking in public health, includes being No. 45 in healthcare quality and No. 37 in healthcare access
The obesity rate is 40.3% compared to the 33.7% national rate
7.9% of the state's population does not have health insurance.
Energy consumption from renewable resources is half of the national rate at 6.3% compared to 12.3%
7.4% of its roads are in poor condition, better than the national average of 19.0%
How did Kentucky fare against neighboring states? Virginia ranked highest at No. 13, followed by Tennessee (No. 24), Indiana (No. 29), Missouri (No. 30), Ohio (No. 34), Illinois (No. 36) and West Virginia (No. 46).
The top five ranked states are Utah, Washington, Idaho, Nebraska and Minnesota, in that order. The bottom five are West Virginia, New Mexico, Mississippi, Alaska and Louisiana.
Facts being foremost; they're going to have to find sum one else
. To legislature/ enforce my peace parade..
0h $0 simple [ actually SatS. ) Simple & technical. Simultaneously.
A. ) Get Exxon Mobil & Aramaco to NY NY. [ Or Geneva
B. ) Have Rocky brother Foundation cater it & provide transcription
C. Bring in Switzerland & Bank of International $ettlments.
D. Have the UN re Read their motto & charter.
E. ...now Enforce "the peace '" by taking all oil & profit out of the
......way of Cartels, belligerents & esp. the Pentagram.
F. Enjoy the silence...) Fresno Bob will accept peace prize if nominated.
People have to drive to work. Cities fail at mass transit. I have issue with all the people who gallivant just to do it.
The town next over is a tourist town..trap! The population is around 3K. And in the summer, runs over a million. Every weekend the cluster**** leaves the big cities, drive in mass for 2 or 4 hours to it. Too get away from it all. And bring it all with them. On Sunday they reverse it. So they can soak their heads in water parks and shop T-shirt shops. And they crab about prices and gas. Meanwhile they add to the pollution, traffic and prices while the poor slob tries to figure out how to make it to work for a week.
But, the people have been pumped up with you deserve it, demand it.
Duh Peepelz fail at mass transit. They want YOU to ride the bus so THEY can drive faster and park easier.