tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post2668668921665824557..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, July 4 2008: Nothing we can say is going to change anything nowIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25666040748228334512008-07-06T15:19:00.000-04:002008-07-06T15:19:00.000-04:00To el pollo and Iowa boy:The beast is squirming in...To el pollo and Iowa boy:<BR/><BR/>The beast is squirming in the dead spasms...<BR/><BR/>greatings from PragueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15001605559287998172008-07-05T01:41:00.000-04:002008-07-05T01:41:00.000-04:00I'm surprised we got through our markets being clo...I'm surprised we got through our markets being closed and the global markets being open 7/4/2008 without something coming down. I figured someone would unwind something at this time as they have an advantage over U.S. traders ... perhaps the signal won't show until next Monday? Or did everyone successfully hold their breath for another week?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25688810238763558242008-07-04T21:50:00.000-04:002008-07-04T21:50:00.000-04:00This is someone else's post, but anyhow, I found i...This is someone else's post, but anyhow, I found it sooo funny!<BR/><BR/>To know where to put my money, now that all stocks seem to be crashing, I'm studying hard the periodic table of the elements!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20582707558400409952008-07-04T16:15:00.000-04:002008-07-04T16:15:00.000-04:00THE FEDS HAVE COME UP WITH AN EXIT TAX!What do the...THE FEDS HAVE COME UP WITH AN EXIT TAX!<BR/><BR/>What do they call it - the ex-Patriot Act?<BR/><BR/>I plan to bail in the next few of years, though in many respects, living in the US Virgin Islands, I am already out the the USA. I have to clear customs on my infrequent trips to the mainland. I like the mountains of Peru. My net assets are a bit under this $600,000, but my financial index Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21616311478630245132008-07-04T13:59:00.000-04:002008-07-04T13:59:00.000-04:00“HERE'S a Yankee Doodle Doozy of an idea from the ...“HERE'S a Yankee Doodle Doozy of an idea from the taxman: if you've had enough of the United States and choose to renounce your citizenship, you will now have to give up a large chunk of your assets.<BR/> <BR/>The same new tax also will hit foreigners who are living and working in this country legally - with a so-called green card - once they decide to return home.”<BR/><A HREF="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5320675956697667052008-07-04T13:57:00.000-04:002008-07-04T13:57:00.000-04:00I'm sure it's just "coincidence", but Britain also...I'm sure it's just "coincidence", but Britain also has the most number of CCTV "security" cameras, if I'm not mistaken. A good weekend to watch "V for Vendetta" again, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23412543953504035952008-07-04T12:48:00.000-04:002008-07-04T12:48:00.000-04:00Hello Ilargi,You write:"I think maybe you confuse ...Hello Ilargi,<BR/><BR/>You write:<BR/>"I think maybe you confuse capital creation with credit creation."<BR/><BR/>I asked myself precisely that question, but thought that perhaps the author meant that the money created would be invested in capital goods. My understanding of finance is not yet good enough that I can navigate this type of distinction very confidently.<BR/><BR/>A further problem is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com