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  • #31
    I don't think we've seen the impact of the drop in the Dollar over the last year. It seems likely that the trade deficit will start dropping soon.

    Edit: I didn't mean to rubbish your "eventually", only to highlight it. It's a long term problem, but the trade deficit/current account deficit goes up and it goes down often and the fluctuations are based upon items with a much shorter time horizon.
    Last edited by DanS; June 5, 2005, 17:27.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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    • #32
      The only debt I have is a few thousand on a car. Otherwise I have a morgage that pays me. Worst case I get the house back. No, worst case inflation outruns my 6% interest. Hell, I don't know the worst case and I hope I don't find out.
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      • #33
        A mortgage that pays you? Damn, I want one of those mortgages
        Speaking of Erith:

        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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        • #34
          che, I don't want to invest in a region, like europe, that I see as prone to political instability.
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          • #35
            Suit yourself, Lancer. Have fun working in your old age.
            Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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            • #36
              PH, yeah, it's nice being the bank
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              • #37
                It's had plenty of time to impact, Dan. The rise started 3.5 years ago





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                • #38
                  invest in yuans. it'll be skyrocketing soon.
                  "Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito Mussolini

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                  • #39
                    It's had plenty of time to impact, Dan. The rise started 3.5 years ago
                    Yes it has, but trade always takes a lot of time to adjust. It's just taking longer this time. As you can see, I expected Canada/US trade to adjust about 1.5 to 2 years ago.
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #40
                      "Suit yourself, Lancer. Have fun working in your old age."

                      I wouldn't have much fun with that, but if I have to handle it I will. We all make our best guesses and we can't all be right. I hope things work out for you che.

                      Maybe you'll end up a political officer or something.
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                      • #41
                        A guy representing a bank in the Phils offered me 20% on $5000 or more. I said thanks but no thanks...
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                        • #42
                          Glad I have a government job

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by asleepathewheel
                            Glad I have a government job


                            Is it Federal ? In that case you're golden.
                            We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Ted Striker




                              Is it Federal ? In that case you're golden.

                              alas no-that's my current career goal, AUSA. Currently I'm employed by the city of Indianapolis, as a public defense attorney. Lucky for me when the economy goes poorly, crime goes up and my job is necessary.

                              crap pay, but security and decent benefits

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                              • #45
                                Public defense attorney, now THAT's a tough job I would imagine.

                                Good on you for doing your civic duty.
                                We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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