On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, and I don't mean to be a chicken little here, but you're
> assuming that spending the money will have an effect.
Well that's true. I didn't think the Surge would work, even at the modest
goal of lessening violence.
Actually, I haven't been right about much of anything lately........except
for predicting the Chief's upset of the Broncos on Sunday.
Soopa-fan!
Depending on who you believe, the $700B is as little as 1% of the
> problem; that even if you spent all of the money today, at most it
> would delay the inevitable by 1 month.
Dunno who to believe.
> So, just like the Surge, you can hold back the problem but if you're
> not addressing the core it'll essentially overwhelm you anyway and, in
> the meantime, make people there is success when there is none.
I guess a big part of the problem is confidence, though....so the thinking
goes, alleviate a symptom, grow confidence, which addresses a big part of
the problem. Maybe that's circular logic...? I dunno.
I do know that the Red Sox can't beat the Angels without a healthy Josh
Beckett.
For example, we don't even know if the Surge actually brought down
> violence. There were a number of factors at play that all coincided,
> the Surge being one of them.
Yer fudging. The major factor in decreased violence is the surge.....even
the insurgents have told us that.
All of that being said, personally I support spending the money but
> maybe after the election.
The election might be coming at a perfect time...maybe Americans will see it
as a chance at a new beginning, and some of that waning confidence will
start to blossom again.
Hope is a good thing.....maybe the best thing.
- Andy Dufresne
--
Every monkey needs alone time
To eat bananas in the sunshine
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