Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: new.morning economics and morality

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 7/4/06 5:51:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 7/4/06 5:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED].. at [EMAIL PROTECTED].. wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/4/06 1:57:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >> on 7/4/06 12:38 PM, shempmcgurk at shempmcgurk@... wrote: > >>> > >>> And Thomas Friedman's point is well taken as well: he says that Bush > >>> should do with energy what Kennedy did in '63 with the space program > >>> (you know: "send a man to the moon and bring him safely back to > >>> Earth"). Commit the country to finding alternative fuels and > >>> getting us off the back of oil. > >>> > >> Yes. He should have done that instead of spending hundreds of billions on > >> his war. > > Why didn't Clinton do it when he had a 10 trillion dollar surplus? > > > He should have, but that doesn¹t excuse creating an 8 trillion dollar > deficit. > I dont' know where you guys get your "10 trillion dollar surplus" and "8 trillion dollar deficit": the entire U.S. budget this year was about $2.8 trillion and the deficit was several hundreds of billions of dollars. I was being fasicious with my figure  __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___