So the drama that is the US economy has been all over the news recently - although I think it would make an excellent TV series, I don't have the resources to start such a thing, so I'll just post a thread here.

So what's happening?
Yo dawg, I heard the US goverment likes borrowing, so they funded their loans with loans so they could borrow while they borrow.
And S&P was like, fcking awesome dude, ur debt is like "omfg super awesome" (previously "omfg ultra awesome").
In response, investors sold off their investments, and decided to become gold miners.

Outside of the US, people in London recently decided to blow up what little they had left, in an attempt to improve their economy (or social welfare).
European businesses have found that downward sloping stock graphs to be aesthetically pleasing, and Europeans are trying to push the success of this new fad onto international markets.


Oh, another thing - if all this poo poo in the news is annoying, but you still want to keep track of what's going on, you can find a "real time" (not really) numerical outline here.

(This post was last modified: 08/08/2011 04:47 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

actually london riots where because police officers shot a man to death

then didnt report to the family about it
then wouldnt reply to the family when they inquired about it
then yesterday night after 2 days of riots they decide to apologize

(08/08/2011 04:55 PM)squee666 Wrote:  actually london riots where because police officers shot a man to death

...which is to improve social welfare, right?
Which, arguably, is related to the economy.

Is this the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar?

wee've had crazy storms here the past few weeks


And one of them left 46 frogs in my sump pump in the basement!



After they were rescued


Its crazy...How can wee blame robots?


But your cliff notes are perfect Zinga!!  Fucking idiots running USA i say...

(This post was last modified: 08/08/2011 10:02 PM by SchmilK.)

Thanks for the link i needed a screen-saver,.

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(08/08/2011 05:42 PM)ProperBritish Wrote:  I'm going to Camden on friday, oh my.

Indeed.

* S7* crosses-fingers

(This post was last modified: 09/08/2011 12:23 PM by alienkid.)

(09/08/2011 05:17 PM)Slushba132 Wrote:  Black president ruins economy and "fixes" economy further by "improving" it...

Arguably, you need to spend to get out of a crisis.
Leaves you with a big debt, but it's probably better than having nothing.

(09/08/2011 05:17 PM)Slushba132 Wrote:  I kind of hope wee can get donald trump into office next election because I heard he is running and he is a very wealthy business man and I'm hoping he can find a way to manage the debt... (but aside from that I know nothing of his political platform)

Running a country's economy is not like running a business.  For one, your aim isn't to make profit (eg, him being wealthy is somewhat irrelevant).