A plan to screw the global economy

Originally Posted by colonel_bob

I know a way to screw over the world's economy. It involves nuclear weapons and bubonic plague.

No, all you need is five nuclear weapons, and you hit five differant economic superpowers. That will send the rest of the planet into a severe depression that will take years to get out of.

[Mr. Matt]

It all comes back to blowing stuff up with you, doesn't it ?

[Big {Daddy}]

I would like to nominate Irrelevant for Dubya's foreign and economic advisor positions. They'll get a long like a house on fire

[colonel_bob]

Originally Posted by Irrelevant

No, all you need is five nuclear weapons, and you hit five differant economic superpowers. That will send the rest of the planet into a severe depression that will take years to get out of.

But the bubonic plague is a nice finishing touch, like salt and pepper on your scrambled eggs.

[Aeroflot]

China just screwed itself up anyways. They slowed down their economy on purpose. So it will just be auto-matic, no buttons need to be pressed to crash chinas economy.

But when Chinas economy falls, it will be like what teh US did to the world. except worse.

[Pethegreat]

Originally Posted by Irrelevant

But what if a WalMart opens a store right next to a meat shop that happens to be a deli. I dont know about you guys but I've seen WalMart sell some cheap meat and I dont think that the small meat shop will be able to compete, and it will go out of business, as so many have before.

My mom won't buy meat from wal mart

Originally Posted by Irrelevant

The reason all the anti trust laws came out in the late 19th century and early 20th is because that guy (think is was Rockefeller) who controlled most of the railroad industry would lower his prices so much that even though he was losing money, he could afford to and it would soon drive all his competitors out of business, which to an outstanding degree, is the same thing that WalMart is doing.

There are still ppl who will buy suff from smaller ma and paw shot becasue the qualiy is much better on somethings like meat and produce. But Wal Mart owns when compared with mass poduced goods.

Originally Posted by Irrelevant

I only have one question to ask you guys, would this work?

yes

Originally Posted by Irrelevant

I personally think it would be good if China took a hit.

yes we need more AMERICAN made goods in AMERICA If all we usew was made in Amereica there would be no such thing as unemployment

[*Soviet.Power]

I think it would be good having China as a superpower rivalling America. Just be interesting...........

[!moof]

China will not be a superpower to rival America. It is plagued with many of the same prblems that doomed the Soviet Union. Irrelevant, or should I say, Arsehole (how/why did you get a new name?), what evidence do you have that China will become a superpower?

Also, China slowed its econmy because their economy was growing much too quickly for the amount of hard currency reserves they have. An economy that grows too quickly is like a runaway train. The speed may seem helpful at first, but it will eventually be catastrophic.

[CycloCide]

Originally Posted by Arsehole

As it stands China's economy rests heavily on exportation to the US, its biggest consumer, also about 60% of its exports to the US go through WalMart (yay for the pinnacle of capitalism).

Where did you get that statistic? I really doubt it's 60%.