what are Laywers contributing to the value of the US?
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A lot of them are good and useful, some are reprehensible and bad.\nReport them and keep the pressure on.
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who knows\n\nwe should use that money ourselves
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If we expect to be treated with integrity we better have a little. \nIn addition to that, our national debt is so high we better worry about China, Japan, or some other country foreclosing on us.
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I agree on moral grounds. I think if you choose to root your business in American soil, you have a responsibility to till that soil. If you've set up your business in the U.S., you've just invested in the U.S, from the employees, to the community where those employees live, on up to the national economy. \n\nBy not paying your employees a living wage (which is not the same thing as a minimum wage), you've shown that you place little value on their lives and well-being. The people of America are its finest resource. So, not paying them enough to live, ultimately degrades the value of that resource in terms of health, happiness, and productivity. \n\nMuch of a resources' value is determined by the cost to produce it. The cost to produce paper includes the money spent on logging, to process it, to package it, etc. The cost to 'produce' a person is a little more hazy. But the basics I would imagine to be: food, housing, utilities, transportation, and medical coverage. These are basic human needs. Not wants. Needs. Things a full time job at $5.15 an hour do not cover. If a business cannot afford its resources, then that business should be out of business. \n\nI find it odd when people say things like low-wage workers make low-wages because they have no ambition or their lazy. We apply this survival of the fittest mentality to people, but as soon as someone says 'lets raise the minimum wage', no one applies that same survival of the fittest rationale with businesses, instead they're arguing about the stress it puts on them, and that higher wages may force them shut their doors. When did we become so dehumanized that we rally to the side of entities over people?
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I think you have misquoted or misunderstood that. GDP (gross domestic product) is a monetary value.  In the US, GDP is expressed in US dollars.  In Britain, Pound Sterling.  Or whatever country in their currency, which can be converted to your currency.  A percent of GDP though could be used in numerous ways.  For example.  Mexico's GDP is 13% of US GDP.  Or the manufacturing sector is 37% of GDP, meaning a certain part of the economy makes up a certain percentage of the whole.  By the way, those numbers are made up for example sake.  I don't know the real percentages.
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Not enough.  If those who made over a million (even 100,00) a year,  and there are plenty of "stars" and politicians who do, would donate a percentage to feeding the hungry and housing the homeless here in the U.S.  we would become a stronger and healthier nation.  I guess it is more important to buy a 2 million dollar earring or vacation in the Hampton's.  Then we wonder what is wrong with this country. I am not saying just the people mentioned above, but anybody, who has more than they need.  Why look down at those who are not as fortunate, instead of trying to bring them up?  Is there money going to be of any help when we have killed half of our own people off through drugs and violence?  No, because this is what other countries have been waiting for.  Greed and stupidity will take us all down in time.
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I am not an economist by any stretch.  But it seems to me that if the richest americans paid anywhere near as much as the government swears they pay into the u.s. treasurey,  Then they would contribute enough to save social secur
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I think your talking about trade deficit.  It grows higher each year because outside countries can sell cheaper here and the other countries economy, like China, have a fixed value for their currency which is undervalued like 40%.\n\nThe USA doesn't force fairness for the cheaper products.  And don't forget - America is for sale.  We are selling ourselves to outside countries.
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At this time the US economy is based on service and technology.\nFor the most part, because Americans are richer in general than much of the rest of the world, the economy floats itself.  The services that they buy from each other keeps each other on top.
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It becomes physically worth more because of this:\n(This is a really primitive example) Say stock XYZ is woth 1.00 dollars. Joe owns one share of XYZ that he wishes to sell. Paul heard that XYZ is coming out with a really cool new product, and he wants to invest in the company by buying one share of it. This creates demand for the stock, so price will increase. Paul agrees to buy his share from Joe for 1.01 dollars. He pays a premium of one cent because he created demand for it, and upon the transaction, that stock is up .01 cents that day.\nHope that helps...
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The Us produces 13,000,000 tones of two things. The most worrying of the two is the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (the KYOTO protocol agreement could help here). The second thing is monetary coinage i.e. loose change.
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United States Dollars
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Technically, no one. The United states isnt borrowing money from these people.\n\nWhen the govt began having deficits, they started selling treasury bonds and other countries bought them. When you purchase a treasury bond, you are actually investing in the American Dollar. \n\nOther countries and organizations are investing in the United states dollar. Not really a loan. \n\nHOWEVER< There is a good feasable solution, that WOULD work IF the American public actually wanted its govt to stay alive. BUY TREASURY BONDS!!!!!
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Sure.  We have more important domestic and international matters to worry about than the traditional semantics on our currency.  Fix other things.
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no..don't count on it\nwith greed, self-indulgence, the cost of fighting terrorism, CEOs that cost thousands of jobs and millions of dollars,a  who-gives-a-serious-crap attitude on social security,and failure to recycle precious land and resources has taken its toll on us and payup time has arrived. We have serious business in our own  yard to attend to before we can resume saving everyone else who needs us. take a number please  :-)
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I think for any programs we need to be careful.  We are only 1/10 the population of the US, and thus we only have 1/10 of the amount of money to spend.\n\nWe should look at how much we fund on a per capita basis not compare ourselves to other countries.
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We are experiencing relatively high levels of inflation. That is why our dollars are losing value in comparison. But you should remember that this makes American goods more expensive, which will decrease net exports....this should make some conservatives happy (those who argue that we have a negative trade balance with countries like China). Anyway, this is not necessarily a bad situation, it just depends on how you view it on the political spectrum. Oh, P.S. I am a conservative also, I just read what I wrote and realized that it came across wrong. No offense