money

Discussion in 'Mind Games' started by Tricksters-Choice, Sep 24, 2005.

  1. Tricksters-Choice

    Tricksters-Choice Member

    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    This pisses me off for some strange reason:

    I'm pretty sure all of you know about Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, and on the news you have seen Bush and all those other government people saying that it could take millions of dollars, and years to fix the damage. Well, If it's that important and they need the money that badly, why don't they just have more printed? Sure, maybe they have a limit, but it's the government! They can change all that if they want to.

    So when you think about it, Money is nothing but paper with codes, numbers, and faces printed on it...In reality, money is nothing, and it is completely worthless... Just paper and ink..
     
  2. hippypaul

    hippypaul Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

    Messages:
    1,869
    Likes Received:
    1
    Well there’s thing called inflating the currency - which trust me is not a good thing - unless you like taking wheelbarrows to the grocery store.
     
  3. randy

    randy Member

    Messages:
    588
    Likes Received:
    0
    its too late, external debt, public debt, other debts,

    its all going downhill, has been for so long

    its all about the money, and the power

    and thats really it

    if you have neither then youre screwed

    which is crazy

    good luck
     
  4. Wonder Girl

    Wonder Girl rhapsody in pink

    Messages:
    2,313
    Likes Received:
    0
    I honestly can't explain this,but printing money isn't just printing money. The amount of money in circulation affects inflation and deflation of the economy. Kind of like,supply and demand....if there is too much money,then it has a lesser value...
    Oh I don't know...I just know that printing up more money isn't that simple and there are alot of factors involved...bah,let someone else explain it :D
     
  5. Hairbear

    Hairbear Member

    Messages:
    763
    Likes Received:
    0
    Just like germany during the war...a single egg cost 6 milloin marks...(which is about three suit cases worth of notes)...its all crazy and yes unfortnatly money is everyting nowerdays....but think about it from my view...(off topic though) You dont need money to get by..think about before they invented currecny...before trade was invented...think about milloins of years back...people got on fine...well that was random:D
     
  6. fliptop_carrot

    fliptop_carrot Member

    Messages:
    34
    Likes Received:
    0
    money was a great song by pink floyd, still is.. think about it
     
  7. hippypaul

    hippypaul Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

    Messages:
    1,869
    Likes Received:
    1
    Short answer - it fucks everything up
    long answer - see journal # 3
     
  8. Bored

    Bored Member

    Messages:
    87
    Likes Received:
    0
    Inflation
     
  9. it's not completly worthless, each dollar has a theorhetical worth, somewhere that dollar is worth part of the economy, in theory every dollar in the world could be turned around and pay for every american product there is (much more complicated than this, this is as simple as it gets)


    it was a lot simpler before nixon took us off the gold standard, but on the gold standard we had a limited economy as did every other nation in the world and gold, very important to tech firms had an inflated value......
     
  10. Gloria

    Gloria Member

    Messages:
    224
    Likes Received:
    1
    Money so they say
    Is the root of all evil today
    But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they are
    giving none away
    ....................................................................................................................
     
  11. Lucysky

    Lucysky Original Hippie

    Messages:
    310
    Likes Received:
    0
    Hi Trickster! It's not that cut and dry. So much more is involved in this economic process. By the way, I WISH it was only millions of dollars, but it is billions of dollars.

    If our moronic president would not have started a war in Iraq based on lies, we would have had more money for our own country. Cannot wait until his term is over!!!
     
  12. Steeros

    Steeros Member

    Messages:
    78
    Likes Received:
    0
    I can sorta see the point in coins, i reckon that a pound or a dollar is pretty much worth its weight in metal, but paper money?? if there was ever an economic crisis, all those little bits of paper would be worth fuck all! Makes you wonder about how its gonna be in the future when money is just a figure on a computer screen, a terrorist attack on the main servers could cripple a nation!
     

Share This Page

  1. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
    By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
    Dismiss Notice