<grin> I will look at your link; right now I am still working on the financial benefit question.
And, opinion, it had a heck of a lot more to do with the child tax credit than with any alleged benefit to the economy under reagan. I am willing to revise this opinion, however, no, I did not get a raise during this time. My income stayed pretty much the same (read: fell, in real terms) 1997-2000. This was a primary reason for getting out of tech support. Dana Lon Lentz writes: > Opinion aside, that wonderful financial bliss you sustained under Clinton > began in 1982 with Ronald Reagan's tax cut. If you don't believe me, go and > look at the growth rate for the Dow. From 1901 till 1982, it's a > slow, steady increase. In 1982, that growth rate takes a tremendous spike > upward and follows that same level of growth all the way through the > Clinton > years. There's a graph on this page, scroll down near the bottom: > > http://www.zealllc.com/commentary/century.htm > > > Opinion back on. So you're improved standard of living had nothing to do > with > you? You didn't improve your job skills? You didn't get promotions? Clinton > did > some mumbo jumbo and *POOF* you were better off? > > I have a friend that blames Reagan for the fact that he couldn't get a job > after > graduating college. I think the fact that he wouldn't move out of Buffalo, > NY was > a far bigger reason than anything that Reagan did. > > So now it's Bush's fault there's no peace in the middle east? If your idea > of peace > is the same as Neville Chamberlain's, I'm ready for a little ass kicking. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:46 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush decided to "take out Saddam" in March > > > Clinton was a sleaze personally, but under him my standard of living > markedly improved. Bush has trashed the economy and any hope of peace in > the middle east. In my opinion. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
