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Thread ID: 135152	2013-10-01 20:13:00	Can some one explain the shut down in usa?	beetle (243)	PC World Chat

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1354763	2013-10-04 07:06:00	I heard a Kiwi Guy on the radio the other morning (might have been the morning of the shut down actually) that he had gone to NYC for his best friends significnt birthday (don't remember which one) and they were celebrating by going to the Statue but couldn't :( That would be pretty gutting. :( I mean could you imagine if NZ just shut down Te Papa, Skytower, Queenstown and all the ski slopes, every bundgie jump and the walk to the light house! It was bad enough shutting down Christchurch for over two years. The tourists are slowly coming back but a lot aren't bothering despite a good number of attractions being back on their feet again.	FoxyMX (5)
1354764	2013-10-04 08:29:00	Indeed. It is so nice to know that such a well-traveled person like you cares and understands about such things as this. I just got back from 2 months in Thailand, is that the sort of thing you mean?	Cicero (40)
1354765	2013-10-04 17:12:00	While I don't think this shutdown and the coming debt ceiling crisis in two weeks are good. The USA really needs to get its act together. It is NOT growing Jobs are not growing It is prinitng lots of money only because it can, because it is the world's reserve currency (dollar) And its debt keeps growing This as a time when Europe is in the poo Japan is in the pooh And Chain is slowing down Australia has slown down. We are lucking to be doing relatively OK.	Digby (677)
1354766	2013-10-04 20:10:00	Well we just had another quick rumble this morning, so it might put the tourists off a bit longer. Did read on the BBC this morning that since all the major US museums are closed the numbers visiting private museums has rocketed	gary67 (56)
1354767	2013-10-04 20:24:00	I just got back from 2 months in Thailand, is that the sort of thing you mean? Do you care to give us a report on Thailand ?	Digby (677)
1354768	2013-10-10 09:30:00	I go each year for two months. Have a pal that lives there, very nice to simply take in the culture. I asked if they were concerned about missing out on seeing the statue of liberty on there trip to the USA, no they said, just getting our next meal is what concerns us, how silly I said, we are concerned about real things, like bucket lists.	Cicero (40)
1354769	2013-10-11 21:45:00	:) Toddlers at their best :)	beetle (243)
1354770	2013-10-20 07:04:00	The American Public Debt is continuing to blow out, thus the need to raise the debt ceiling, The USA is addicted to Public Debt and Budget Deficits, and sooner or later if they don't reverse the trend and start paying bdown Public Debt they will hit a wall. Obarmacare is simply not affordable, and exacerbates the Budget Deficit and hence the National Debt. Obarma, like most social democrats does not accept the premise that the Government has no money, it is the peoples money. Like all socialists and social democrats their generous spending schemes work well until they rtun out of other peoples money.	KenESmith (6287)
1354771	2013-10-20 08:59:00	The American Public Debt is continuing to blow out, thus the need to raise the debt ceiling, The USA is addicted to Public Debt and Budget Deficits, and sooner or later if they don't reverse the trend and start paying bdown Public Debt they will hit a wall. Obarmacare is simply not affordable, and exacerbates the Budget Deficit and hence the National Debt. Obarma, like most social democrats does not accept the premise that the Government has no money, it is the peoples money. Like all socialists and social democrats their generous spending schemes work well until they rtun out of other peoples money. ..........and yet the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office analysis report on the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" says that over the period 2012-2021, the budget deficit will be reduced by $200 billion through implementation of "Obamacare". "The legislation will have a number of effects on the federal budget—including added spending to subsidize the purchase of health insurance and increased outlays for Medicaid, as well as reductions in outlays for Medicare and added revenues from taxes, fees, and penalties. On net, CBO and JCT’s latest comprehensive estimate is that the effects of the two laws on direct spending and revenues related to health care will reduce federal deficits by $210 billion over the 2012–2021 period (see Table 1). " www.cbo.gov en.wikipedia.org You shouldn't believe everything said by the Republicans who have ideological anathema to providing care for the poor.	Terry Porritt (14)
1354772	2013-10-20 19:55:00	If 93% of revenues didn't go to 1% of the population , that might even things out a bit.	Cicero (40)
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