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[truthwolf1]

What do those images mean to you guys? I'm just curious what that speaks to there.

The image speaks on very many levels but I thought it was a good related visual for the list that I placed.

Actually I believe that a little blubber on people is actually good for them verses having a starved and ripped body.

The Morbid obesity that is portrayed in the image seems to me to be more about large numbers in our society that have completely given up on many different fronts.

[Zimobog]

Thanks for answering that Truthwolf1. I, too, think the 1950s might have been better than today for a few reasons. The biggest reason being that what is called "government" was so much more limited in size and scope during the 50s.

What affect has subsidization of food had on obesity? This is most evident among those recieving "food stamps". What do people buy when someone else is paying for it?

[lxskllr]

What do those images mean to you guys? I'm just curious what that speaks to there.

To me the image is just a snapshot of two different times, and I have to fill in my own knowledge for the rest.

Old = American made, people walked around, and businesses were owned by your neighbors.

New = Chinese made, people drive everywhere, and business are /managed/ by your neighbors.

[Zimobog]

lxskllr, thanks for your take on that. I wonder what effect the figures on this 2010 graph might mean for the US manufacturing and business:

[Zimobog]

That is a graph for the 30 most wealthy nations. The same year as this graph, Japan lowered it's own rate by 10%. You remember when everything was "Made in Japan"? They followed the US example (raised their rates) until alot of their production went "overseas" as well.

The ctr in China is 25% vs. in the US where it is 40%+.
In the US, governement spending is 42% of GDP, in China government spending is 23.6% of GDP. Wait, I thought they were the Communists???
Russia has a flat income tax rate of 13% and a corporate rate of 20%. Wait, I thought they were the Communists???

[Zimobog]

Take the World's Smallest Political Quiz:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz

[lxskllr]

Take the World's Smallest Political Quiz:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz
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100% on everything :^D

[Zimobog]

^well done, lxskllr! A perfect score (in my opinion of course ).