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<br> For perspective on the $14 trillion debt, compare it to an annual $15 GDP<br>for the USA. The global GDP is about $60 trillion. <br><br> According to a BBC doco about the financial crisis, the magnitude of the <br>funny money derivatives that caused the financial crisis was $450 trillion.<br>This number is validated in a Reuters article here:<br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63F4O320100416">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63F4O320100416</a></p>
<br> Management fees and commissions for the perpetrators of the scam were<br>of course paid in real money.<br><br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:09:24 -0800<br>> From: tnharter@aceweb.com<br>> To: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] seen in Mountain View<br>> <br>> I found out from the tables on the front page of the Daily Post that our<br>> (meaning the USA's) national debt has broken the $14 trillion barrier.<br>> It used to take decades to add a trillion dollars to the debt. Now it<br>> takes months.<br>> <br>> I started wondering what we got for all that money we owe. I took <br>> pictures of one of the worst things here, National's old campus here in<br>> Mountain View.<br>> <br>> http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/NationalFairchild/index.html<br>> <br>> In other news, the East Bay has a bike party, and I enjoyed their <br>> hillbilly ride last Friday. You can see the pictures by clicking below.<br>> <br>> http://tian.greens.org/EastBay/BikeParty/HaywardHillbillyWedding/index.html<br>> <br>> Lately I've been inspired by how this bike party riding with friends<br>> thing is spreading the idea that it's fun to be a law abiding cyclist.<br>> -- <br>> Tian<br>> http://tian.greens.org<br>> Latest change: Added a writeup on Mountain View's big superfund site.<br>> The PB Park pin I got in '00 is on an Iowa quarter right now.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list<br>> sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss<br> </body>
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