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Following an American Liberal's Economic Model to Its Logical End

By Captain Capitalism on October 8, 2012 6:13 PM | 8 Comments

Understand what gives a currency its value. It's not because the government SAYS it has value. It's because people (either here or abroad) can take our dollars and buy US-made goods with them. But if the US DOESN'T MAKE ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS WHO IS GOING TO WANT TO BUY DOLLARS??? What are they going to buy?? An "English Degree?" 50 Shades of Gray? Are those the US-made goods we're going to make to pay back our $16 trillion debt? If I did my math right, that's 800 billion copies of 50 Shades of Gray. So every person on the planet needs to buy, what, roughly 133 copies of "50 Shades of Grey?" Are you kidding me?

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Cascadian | October 8, 2012 7:12 PM | Reply

Hate to break this to ya captain, but Fifty Shades of Grey author is a Brit, so as Obambi would say "You did not build that!"

Never mind perhaps the world will beat down your door for Obambi's next book-Lies your predident told you.

eastern paul | October 8, 2012 8:11 PM | Reply

ouch.....
Oh and Canada, we're not far behind.
Thanks P.E.T. et al.

andycanuck | October 8, 2012 10:38 PM | Reply

2016 NYC hot dog vendor: 50 Shades of Grey!? Don't you have anything smaller? I just started my shift. Howza'bout a Year of the Flood or The Handmaid's Tale?

KevinB | October 8, 2012 10:44 PM | Reply

Funny, but flawed analogy. How about this:

Each proposed F-35 fighter will cost $75 million. Just sell 2,000 of them to China. That's $1.5 trillion right there. After you implant Huawei style trojan horses of course, so if they ever attack US interests, the planes will blow up in mid-flight.

Philanthropist | October 8, 2012 10:57 PM | Reply

What do Unicorns taste like?

andycanuck | October 8, 2012 11:54 PM | Reply

And you can pick your teeth with the horn once you're done, Philanthropist.

Rizwan | October 9, 2012 12:36 PM | Reply

Each proposed F-35 fighter will cost $75 million. Just sell 2,000 of them to China. That's $1.5 trillion right there.

75 million times 2,000 equals 150 billion.

ima victim 2 | October 10, 2012 12:18 AM | Reply

The Captain should remember that any "pie-in-the-sky" chart of a pinko dream economy must total more than 200% of GDP.

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ima victim 2: The Captain should remember that any "pie-in-the-sky" chart of a read more
Rizwan: Each proposed F-35 fighter will cost $75 million. Just sell read more
andycanuck: And you can pick your teeth with the horn once read more
Philanthropist: What do Unicorns taste like? read more
KevinB: Funny, but flawed analogy. How about this: Each proposed F-35 read more
andycanuck: 2016 NYC hot dog vendor: 50 Shades of Grey!? Don't read more
eastern paul: ouch..... Oh and Canada, we're not far behind. Thanks P.E.T. read more
Cascadian: Hate to break this to ya captain, but Fifty Shades read more

Following an American Liberal's Economic Model to Its Logical End

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