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I simply said you cant go from dirt damn poor to filthy rich in response to one guys statement that everyone has the same opportunities. I merely said that was fantasy because we dont all have the same opportunity. And then you all set about telling me how you went from modest to middle class with a ton of determination and effort as if it was the same thing but in my eyes really just proved my point.
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Man how many people are in this world?! You point out 3 examples to me like its the norm?! Are you serious? You point out .00000004% of the population to me? Now we are going to talk about other countries too soo all the poor starving people born into tribes in third world countries they gonna become something? They dont even have food they going to have the same opportunity as everyone else? This is getting beyond ridiculous, I'm out.
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This thread is beyond saving.
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Sorry, I am really done now. Maybe a mod can delete all the crap in this thread and get it back on track.
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I think .000000004% qualifies as almost never
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LOL yeah someone needs to come at this one with a machete, sorry lol
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This is where I take issue. Who are you to decide how much money people need or what they can afford to do? Wealth is relative. I could argue that you don't need but a fraction of YOUR income to survive.
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You guys are way to entertaining ! I wrote out a page yesterday then deleted it cause I knew you were both going to get into it but here goes.
I too was astounded bythose 1979 sales figures compared to the other years until I started thinking about it Political contribution laws did play a part. UNIONS played a bigger part, In the early 80's Unions pushed harder. manufacturing corps started looking at exit strategies ever since. You can't run a country on service industry jobs or the tech market. The unions wanted more for their workers, the economy got dragged down by energy costs and guess what, manufacturing got tired of more and more taxes and appeased their shareholders by leaving the country! And they have been leaving in alarming numbers ever since. Now all of a sudden every politician is screaming the same tune, I am going to get the jobs back. Well that isn't going to happen unless they dangle something in front of these corps like incentives that will appease their shareholders. AND while all that was going on, Americans forgot to think some of their purchase decisions through, if you buy foreign products the resources and capital LEAVE the country and are not reinvested here. Dont tell me they make this car here or there, the Corp and the money tracing exits the country. IT'S REAL SIMPLE, you want a good economy, BUY AMERICAN GOODS AND AMERICAN CARS, and the American corps need to make them HERE! I am so HAPPY that GM decided to bring 6th Gen manufacturing back here, what a smart and great move, I hope the other manufacturers follow suit. Yes I know that a lot of parts that go into them do come from other countries, I can live with some of that., LOL that's my 2 cents, BUY AMERICAN CARS MADE IN AMERICA! and help keep that American home and garage to park it in, LOL Now I will leave you all on that note while I go have a cup of coffee, produced by an American company in my Route 66 cup, hehe Last edited by lawdog; 01-09-2013 at 07:25 PM. |
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Looks like this is a hot topic. Everyone has valid points which I won't dispute. With that said, I don't think any noted that in either 78 or 79 Smoky and the Bandit was a huge movie with the 78 Firebird. The second movie came along soon after. There were a lot more motor heads around back then and a movie like that could have spurred some good sales.
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