tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post6432978577475310711..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: To kill a dinosaurSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-75333160594405951632012-06-16T01:25:46.949-04:002012-06-16T01:25:46.949-04:00Sweetie and I say if we had to start over yet agai...Sweetie and I say if we had to start over yet again we'd do it via living in a van. The more we've learned about it and the deteriorating conditions here in Florida and elsewhere, the more sense it makes. Just this week we met three couples living in vans and liking it! All had owned homes, lost jobs, sold everything, could not or would not live with family and didn't want to be on the streets. They've decided their new lives are preferable.treesonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364847483878018809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-59268667395751121112012-06-16T00:00:02.786-04:002012-06-16T00:00:02.786-04:00The wonderful part is, so far, starving the dinosa...The wonderful part is, so far, starving the dinosaurs is perfectly legal. (Here's praying that the Supreme Court strikes the individual mandate down.) As long as you can figure out a way to live without property or income, you don't need to pay any taxes or contribute to any corporate coffers.<br /><br />As you said, they're going to collapse anyway, best to be as far away as possible when they do.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-37386980193175532932012-06-15T22:03:37.942-04:002012-06-15T22:03:37.942-04:00We aren't alone. Our numbers grow.We aren't alone. Our numbers grow.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-84116014743595295682012-06-15T19:58:55.454-04:002012-06-15T19:58:55.454-04:00Very well put, and exactly right. What I've be...Very well put, and exactly right. What I've been attempting to do all along...Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-16743436921200782362012-06-15T14:39:35.894-04:002012-06-15T14:39:35.894-04:00When the checks stop, people are going to be ticke...When the checks stop, people are going to be ticked off.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-58468615080160413712012-06-15T13:01:47.392-04:002012-06-15T13:01:47.392-04:00What I see is that too many people from across the...What I see is that too many people from across the spectrum are benefiting in some manner from the current system, and have no desire to see the status quo change. That's going to make the reset a long, drawn-out nasty affair.Ticomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720803685079678809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-14820127496585066792012-06-15T12:29:21.190-04:002012-06-15T12:29:21.190-04:00It will work. Don't know when or the exact de...It will work. Don't know when or the exact details, but it will happen.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-75588254320678395242012-06-15T12:18:54.328-04:002012-06-15T12:18:54.328-04:00You have hit the nail on the head today.If everyon...You have hit the nail on the head today.If everyone was to only buy what they needed to survive and no extra.The economy would collapse in less than a year.But human nature wont allow us to deprive ourselves and corperations know it.It amazes me to see that FDR ,s policys of the 30,s are the root of most our troubles 80 years later.I firmly believe in STARVE THE BEAST and save the ammo.Gary in Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-82946861200598108612012-06-15T11:59:46.454-04:002012-06-15T11:59:46.454-04:00At least you'll know your sacrifice is for the...At least you'll know your sacrifice is for the good of CEOs at major companies. Doesn't that warm your heart?<br /><br />Didn't think so. Lot of people in their mid to late 50s are seriously worried. They have debt, little saved, and are counting on SS.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-70923910412163483012012-06-15T11:24:38.883-04:002012-06-15T11:24:38.883-04:00What bothers me is that I have paid hundreds of th...What bothers me is that I have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars into Social Security and now that I am depending on it, they may just cut it back. If we had been allowed to pay that amount into a real retirement fund, I would be a multi-millionaire by now. Makes one sick to think about it...Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.com