What's scary is just one of those double-stacks at the corner of the sea of pallets is enough for a person to live a decadent lifestyle for the REST OF THEIR LIFE, and leave a nice chunk of cash to their children too.
When you try to imagine the quantity of money being spent, it is absolutely mind blowing, especially when you think of it in individual terms, in your own finances.
I'm predicting inflation. It's like the US government just got the Midas touch; everything they touch turns to gold. But everyone knows that if that happened, gold would quickly become worthless.
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Date: 2009-03-12 01:27 pm (UTC)When you try to imagine the quantity of money being spent, it is absolutely mind blowing, especially when you think of it in individual terms, in your own finances.
I'm predicting inflation. It's like the US government just got the Midas touch; everything they touch turns to gold. But everyone knows that if that happened, gold would quickly become worthless.