Re: Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned
- From: "Yogt" <louisdelafuente@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:07:29 -0400
Years from now you will wish he was a fool..
<cat.grace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul Ehrlich, and the term 'fool', are interchangeable.
This fact has been established. (review his preposterous notions
proclaimed in the early 80's)
Years from now, the same will be said of Jeremy Grant.
On Aug 15, 7:57 pm, "Yogt" <louisdelafue...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Twin souls who happen to be right.
<cat.gr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It's all just Paul Ehrlich, wearing a new suit.
On Aug 15, 6:55 pm, "Yogt" <louisdelafue...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I tend disagree ,the menace is clear and it comes from the liberal
elites,
their neocons allies , their brainwashed followers and the complicity
of
the
Media,open borders,globalism,the phantom of global warming ,communist
inspired "equality" ,all designed to bring America to ruin,it won`t be
long
before all the dreams of the founding fathers are gone.
<cat.gr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Typical doom & gloom dreck - where the only 'saviour' must be a
liberal messiah.
" said Mr Walker, who was appointed during the Clinton
administration to the post, which carries a 15-year term.
Everything is political.
On Aug 14, 10:30 pm, periodistali...@xxxxxxx wrote:
By Jeremy Grant in Washington,
08/14/07 "FT" -- - - The US government is on a 'burning platform'
of
unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic
healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military
commitments
threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country's top
government inspector has warned.
David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually
downbeat assessment of his country's future in a report that lays
out
what he called "chilling long-term simulations".
These include "dramatic" tax rises, slashed government services and
the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US
debt.
Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker
warned
there were "striking similarities" between America's current
situation
and the factors that brought down Rome, including "declining moral
values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-
extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by
the
central government".
"Sound familiar?" Mr Walker said. "In my view, it's time to learn
from
history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first
to
stand the test of time."
Mr Walker's views carry weight because he is a non-partisan figure
in
charge of the Government Accountability Office, often described as
the
investigative arm of the US Congress.
While most of its studies are commissioned by legislators, about 10
per cent - such as the one containing his latest warnings - are
initiated by the comptroller general himself.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Walker said he had
mentioned some of the issues before but now wanted to "turn up the
volume". Some of them were too sensitive for others in government
to
"have their name associated with".
"I'm trying to sound an alarm and issue a wake-up call," he said.
"As
comptroller general I've got an ability to look longer-range and
take
on issues that others may be hesitant, and in many cases may not be
in
a position, to take on.
"One of the concerns is obviously we are a great country but we
face
major sustainability challenges that we are not taking seriously
enough," said Mr Walker, who was appointed during the Clinton
administration to the post, which carries a 15-year term.
The fiscal imbalance meant the US was "on a path toward an
explosion
of debt".
"With the looming retirement of baby boomers, spiralling healthcare
costs, plummeting savings rates and increasing reliance on foreign
lenders, we face unprecedented fiscal risks," said Mr Walker, a
former
senior executive at PwC auditing firm.
Current US policy on education, energy, the environment,
immigration
and Iraq also was on an "unsustainable path".
"Our very prosperity is placing greater demands on our physical
infrastructure. Billions of dollars will be needed to modernise
everything from highways and airports to water and sewage systems.
The
recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis was a sobering wake-up call."
Mr Walker said he would offer to brief the would-be presidential
candidates next spring.
"They need to make fiscal responsibility and inter-generational
equity
one of their top priorities. If they do, I think we have a chance
to
turn this around but if they don't, I think the risk of a serious
crisis rises considerably".
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