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Some time ago, there was a discussion about whether or not the economy will affect the hobby. Well, things have changed since the initial thread and I’d be interested in hearing other member’s thoughts. I DO NOT care who got us to this point and as such, not a single politician or political view is expressed.
-The National deficit has quadrupled;
-The last “stimulus bill” cost a trillion dollars;
-Just this week, a Billion dollars was spent on the “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” program
with another two billion to be released next week; and,
A National Healthcare bill is about to be passed which could cost 1 Trillion dollars just to start.
The issue is, who and/or how these programs are going to be paid for? I can’t answer that question because I don't know but I will say that, for every dollar that is taken out of my pocket, that’s one dollar less I have on the hobby.
There will be some members who will say I should NOT have posted this link because it is a political discussion and there are blogs dealing with such topics. My reply is and as I stated above, I DO NOT CARE who got us to this point and as such, not a single politician or political view is expressed.
If you will note, I have attached actual links to the factors I have outlined. Not a single link is either a right and/or left wing website and/or blog. If we are going to discuss the economy and the hobby, I think we should deal with the FACTS and not innuendo and or media personalities.
For myself, I will continue to collect memorabilia but my collecting will be very limited and extremely selective.
Jim
flaa1a@comcast.net
-The National deficit has quadrupled;
-The last “stimulus bill” cost a trillion dollars;
-Just this week, a Billion dollars was spent on the “CASH FOR CLUNKERS” program
with another two billion to be released next week; and,
A National Healthcare bill is about to be passed which could cost 1 Trillion dollars just to start.
The issue is, who and/or how these programs are going to be paid for? I can’t answer that question because I don't know but I will say that, for every dollar that is taken out of my pocket, that’s one dollar less I have on the hobby.
There will be some members who will say I should NOT have posted this link because it is a political discussion and there are blogs dealing with such topics. My reply is and as I stated above, I DO NOT CARE who got us to this point and as such, not a single politician or political view is expressed.
If you will note, I have attached actual links to the factors I have outlined. Not a single link is either a right and/or left wing website and/or blog. If we are going to discuss the economy and the hobby, I think we should deal with the FACTS and not innuendo and or media personalities.
For myself, I will continue to collect memorabilia but my collecting will be very limited and extremely selective.
Jim
flaa1a@comcast.net
Sorry, BTPH, but I could make no sense of your two posts.
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