jim_flanegin wrote: > You sound as if you lack experience. From 2001 to 2004, after > Bush failed to protect the US and 911 happened, in conjunction > with the 'dot com' implosion, over 300,000 jobs were lost in > the county I live in. The unemployment rate was about 27%. The > vacancy rate for office space was 40%. Yes, just like the Great > Depression, only it wasn't widely reported because everyone else > in the country thought that all of us in Silicon Valley were still > having parties and walking streets of gold. > First, it wasn't Bush's fault that 911 happened. In fact, it was the previous administration under Bill Clinton that failed to protect the U.S. from it's enemies. Clinton had the chance to kill Osama bin Laden but he failed to do so. Clinton let us down big time. The dot com bust was a result of Clinton and Gore policies - the recession began in the U.S. under Bill Clinton's administration.
> There was no safety net for most of us, and paying for health care > was a luxury, coming well down the list after 'excesses' like food, > and electricity. Over half a million people had to move away, > uprooting families and causing a lot of pain and dislocation. You > have a lot of nerve saying we should not depend on Federal > Government, when we all pay high taxes. To say that healthcare is > best as a greed driven system is ludicrous. The system is broken. > Most people don't pay any taxes, Jim. Poor people get an earned income credit, married people get to pay a joint return, and families get lots of exemptions. Most of the payroll taxes in the U.S. are paid by the wealthy. Yes, the U.S. system of federal entitlements is broken. The best system of healthcare is the free enterprise system. I'm not in favor of government free clinics and handouts. The best system is universal employment so that everyone can choose the doctor of their choice and pay their own way.
