No, the slow US slide into financial ruin began in the 1930's under Roosevelt. Social Security and Medicare, first envisioned as a safety net for the very elderly, have become the two biggest windfalls in the history of the world. Elderly voters are the reason we keep sinking into the depths.
The difference between the US and Venezuela is that we have a huge economy that allows us to still take care of business (even if, as Gruss implies, we are technically bankrupt) On 8/18/06, DRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Switch Bush for Chavez and Venezuela into usa and your statment is equally > valid, no? > > DRE > > On 8/17/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Chavez is slowly driving Venezuela into financial ruin, all the while > > pretending to be the champion of the little man. He is going to leave > > behind > > a destitute population, eroded civil institutions, and a shattered > > economy- > > basically what Castro has done to Cuba. And who will suffer the most? > Poor > > Venezuelans. > > > > -- > DRE > www.webmachineinc.com > www.theanticool.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213623 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
