Robert, Actually, Yes. The quote was that the goverment leader was driving the country into financial ruin and eroding civil rights and you can very easily argue that Bush has done more to do this than any other president.
And certainly elderly voters want what they were promised but the real problem is politicians who think bloating the national debt as opposed to balancing a budget is the way to go or maybe the system that forces them to do this to get reelected can be blamed. DRE On 8/18/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:213642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
