06-05-2005 21:26									#31
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It's a contradiction to a reasonable degree for our purposes here.

	06-05-2005 21:44									#32
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quote: It's a contradiction to a reasonable degree for our purposes here.

by "our purposes" I presume you mean trolling.

	06-05-2005 22:16									#33
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Only in America would 3% growth be warning of stagflation .

	06-05-2005 22:24									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Only in America would 3% growth be warning of stagflation .

Not yet maybe, but there will be significant changes to the labor force in the next decade or so, and I would be suprised if there were no stagflation especially if energy prices increase too.

	06-05-2005 22:29									#35
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quote: I would be suprised if there were no stagflation

... which is one of the many reasons why we don't listen to you

	06-05-2005 22:33									#36
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Imran,

You don't think having a bunch of workers retire is going to cause problems when we already are having trouble hiring people with the right skills while others stay unemployed?

	06-05-2005 22:36									#37
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quote: Only in America would 3% growth be warning of stagflation

3% growth with government deficit over 4.5 of GDP is worrying.

	06-05-2005 22:39									#38
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quote: Originally posted by Kidicious Imran, You don't think having a bunch of workers retire is going to cause problems when we already are having trouble hiring people with the right skills while others stay unemployed?

Everything is going to cause 'problems', but stagflation? Naaah. We Americans are smarter than the Europeans on this thing, we don't have a knee jerk reaction against immigration. Frankly, if things start getting bad with workers to retirees, I can easy see the government letting more legal immigrants in (especially when all the WoT hubbub becomes less pronounced).

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The deficit is running at more like 3.8% of GDP and dropping.

	06-05-2005 22:40									#40
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Everything is going to cause 'problems', but stagflation? Naaah. We Americans are smarter than the Europeans on this thing, we don't have a knee jerk reaction against immigration. Frankly, if things start getting bad with workers to retirees, I can easy see the government letting more legal immigrants in (especially when all the WoT hubbub becomes less pronounced).

We don't need more fruit pickers. We need more accountants and system analysts.

	06-05-2005 23:23									#41
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its clear that the GOP and its supporters are unamerican and are traitors to our great nation. they are running huge budget deficits which is doing nothing except hurting us as a nation. maybe you guys should move to mexico if you want to spend like youre drunk.

	06-05-2005 23:29									#43
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quote: We don't need more fruit pickers. We need more accountants and system analysts.

wait, i thought that the service sector was the least important and that the farming and manufacturing sector were the most important. why then would you want more accountants and system analysts (services) and less fruit pickers (agriculture)?

	06-05-2005 23:38									#44
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Btw, we LEGALLY immigrate more of the accountants and systems analyists than we do fruit pickers. Illegal immigration takes care of the later, really.

	06-05-2005 23:47									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia wait, i thought that the service sector was the least important and that the farming and manufacturing sector were the most important. why then would you want more accountants and system analysts (services) and less fruit pickers (agriculture)?

Because that is how the economy is currently structured.

	06-05-2005 23:59									#46
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quote: Originally posted by DanS More like, we add more labor than the French do each year, and thus have higher economic growth.

Wouldn't labor growth not be the problem since France has a large supply of unemployed people from which to draw on?

	07-05-2005 00:17									#47
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I think you are confused.

He was saying that the output per worker hour in France is higher, but that the total pie in the US is bigger because we have more workers. In addition, our lead in workers is only growing over time. In any case his numbers were more in line with Germany's numbers than France's.

	07-05-2005 01:02									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Btw, we LEGALLY immigrate more of the accountants and systems analyists than we do fruit pickers. Illegal immigration takes care of the later, really.

That's true, but don't you think that stagflation would have to present itself before there would be any political will for that.

	07-05-2005 01:04									#49
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quote: Originally posted by DanS

I think he was serious.

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If that's the case, then I'm laughing at him rather than with him.