It all sounds very familiar. Remember the movie "Logan's Run"?

>Jim;
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>A few comments:
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>>As an example, the japanese auto-makers had self-imposed quotas in the early 1990s on exports to the U.S. and Canada.
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>Toyota created quotas on exports to the U.S. and Canada because they had established manufacturing plants in both countries. Basically, specific models are made in Japan and other models are made in our countries. We have many workers employed by Toyota in the U.S. and Canada and I am one of them. By the way our sales are up about 7% from last year – very different from the rest of the industry.
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>The “credit card” phenomenon is something I have commented on for over 30 years. Ours is a false economy based upon greed and self-gratification. When it is determined that “Anderson Accounting” keeps our governments books then the bubble will burst. The big problem is the moneylenders. They have the entire world held hostage and this is a serious problem for everyone on the planet.
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>Interesting how there have been so many ups and downs in our economy during the last 12 years as an example. Suddenly, there appeared “limitless amounts” of capital to finance .COM ventures. No business plans were required and the ability to make a profit was not understood. Just work 20 hour days 7 days a week and you will be rich in no time. You do not even have to have any computer knowledge to be in on this. No product to sell either. Burst! Where did all that money come from? Where did all that money go? If a stock sold for $250 a share with millions of shrares sold and is then worth nothing, where did the money go? Someone must have it and they are laughing! :)
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>During the last 30 years it has become evident that manufacturing in this country is going to become less of a source of employment than before. You mention Japan using other countries labor forces. Nikon cameras as an example (I am an amateur photographer and very good at it!) are used by at least 90% of the worlds professional photographers. A few years ago Nikon moved manufacturing to South Korea with these words, “It will be 5 years before the quality is up to expectations”! So nice to understand!
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>This is my view of the future of the countries that control the worlds monies. The citizens of said countries will go through two states.
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>1. Manufacturing goes off shore and we become workers in the “Service Industries”. McDonalds, and telemarketing come to mind.
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>2. We "advance" to the point where everyone is bedridden and has an IV plugged into a vein with an appropriate sedative to allow us to enjoy our financial success. No one will be allowed to move from this position. To do so will be a threat to society and you will be eliminated. Only police, fire fighters and the port authority along will politicians will be immune from this law to insure it is properly inforced. The numbers 9/11 will be worshiped and made the national religion. When you attain a specific age (determined by congress) those persons who are bedridden will be eliminated. The determination of age will be reviewed annually but will begin with anyone 65 or older. Some think that 30 is a better age for elimination. This is a recording!
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>Tom