steve2470
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:35 PM
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George Bush HAS ruined the economy for decades. |
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Edited on Wed Mar-02-05 02:06 PM by steve2470
Exhibit A: Gigantic deficits Exhibit B: Completely out of control trade deficits
Disagree ? Bring it on, please.
Edit: Changed the headline to be MORE accurate
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:36 PM
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1. and this is just hitting you now?? nt |
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:37 PM
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2. nope. Not at all. I am just ready for some good arguments nt |
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:43 PM
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5. I'm not arguing! * and friends are "strip mining" the economy - |
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when it's played out, they're outa here.
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:41 PM
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Must acheive ruin over properity in order to transform democracy into facso/theocratic/corporate rule.
The missionaries were clever to build churches over the ancient ruins of the destroyed civilizations.
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:42 PM
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:49 PM
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6. Aw come on. Don't we have any anti-tax people, |
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deficit-loving people in here, voodoo economics people ?
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:53 PM
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9. I don't think we do. (nt) |
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:50 PM
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7. Ruin is possible, great hurt much more likely |
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We had the same under Reagan in the 80s and many still naively look back fondly at that era.
The only problem with Bush is that while we started to turn the corner under Clinton in paying down the deficit and investing in new fields, it's going way back to where we were in the 80s and beyond. At least Reagan raised taxes to help with Social Security, even though it was the regressive payroll tax.
Right now, the rest of the world has too much at stake to let our economy collapse - who would buy all those Chinese manufactured goods, Indian high tech goods, Korean cellphones and Japanese cars if our economy collapsed, not to mention BMWs, VWs and Mercedes from Germany, French & Italian wine, etc? If the US economy collapses into Depression, the rest of the world has at least a severe & prolonged recession. So, they have a stake in keeping us on life support
Bush is steering us towards a take it or leave it point, but I don't think we're quite there yet.
Will another 3 1/2 years of Bush push us past that point, I don't know? I'm sure Professor GAC would know better than me.
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Wed Mar-02-05 02:05 PM
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11. The US may sneeze, but the rest of the world catches a cold. |
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Wed Mar-02-05 01:52 PM
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8. I fear we'll suffer the fate of the Soviet Union |
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Government bankruptcy leading to a breakup of the states into smaller regions.
Some states will however, finally get their wish.
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