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Omnivorous
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02-25-2012 3:33 PM 		Reply to: Message 84 by Jon
02-25-2012 2:19 PM

Re: Consume less but let everyone work together
Jon writes:
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So what might be some of the things we can all do together?
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We could arm a Arab World Expeditionary (AWE) Shock Force to topple Assad.
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Our arms factories could add shifts: we and they would enjoy greater employment.
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It's an established model--worked great for the Roman Empire and in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan.
"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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Omnivorous
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02-25-2012 3:36 PM 		Reply to: Message 87 by jar
02-25-2012 2:34 PM

Re: Consume less but let everyone work together
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In other words, we need educated immigrants to serve our aging population. It will be win/win. We will pay them, they will have plenty of work.
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And we'd rescue Social Security and Medicare (and our younger workers) from our temporary demographic bottleneck.
"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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