Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 2, 2011, at 5:53 AM, Ric Carter wrote: > do i remember a time when the world did not revolve around the stock > market and big bankers? > or was i just too young to see it? that was the same world where we received 4% for putting a few dollars from our paper route earnings in a simple savings account. and our folks could borrow money for not much more interest than they received in saving. we were not charged exorbitant fees by the banks; usury laws were in effect; the economy was quite robust; with unemployment in the low 4%; CEO's earned a mere 5 - 10 times what the labor force earned; the US GINI index was 37.6 (now approaching 48). Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist