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Even hard for me to believe, but true, 80% of Americans did not buy a new book of any type in the last year!....... We are number [sic - numb - er and numb - er] one...at what, I don't dare to say........
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
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Peter Lemkin Wrote:Even hard for me to believe, but true, 80% of Americans did not buy a new book of any type in the last year!....... We are number [sic - numb - er and numb - er] one...at what, I don't dare to say........
Maybe 80% of Americans couldn't afford a book in the last year.
Regardless, lots of people use libraries.
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Myra Bronstein Wrote:...
Maybe 80% of Americans couldn't afford a book in the last year.
Regardless, lots of people use libraries.
Good point!
Maybe they downloaded a few free ones too.
Ron Williams
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Ron Williams Wrote:Myra Bronstein Wrote:...
Maybe 80% of Americans couldn't afford a book in the last year.
Regardless, lots of people use libraries.
Good point!
Maybe they downloaded a few free ones too.
Ron Williams
Good point there too.
More and more books are online:
http://www.deeppoliticsforum.com/books.html
(See column at far right.)
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Well, here's one American who buys books, reads, understands, processes, thinks, and posts. And in my regular "day" job, I work trying to help those other 80% find a job, get training, or get an education that will help them keep a roof over their heads and food on their table. It is not always hopeful...
"If you're looking for something that isn't there, you're wasting your time and the taxpayers' money."
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses
