That's just factually inaccurate. The economy was growing at a healthy rate BEFORE Clinton took office. Interest rates were low BEFORE Clinton took office.
Government deficits are much better than individual deficits. That money is now in the hands of working stiffs instead of Congressmen. And guess what, if you add up all the tax cuts, it's actually much larger than the deficit. How did that happen? Did the velocity of money actually CREATE WEALTH? You bet it did. --- Profox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >We can't afford not to continue funding the war. The > >chicken-little-deficit talk has been going > >on since Reagan took office, yet we've seen nearly 22 straight years of > >record growth and > >properity. Maybe the deficit causes prosperity. > > It would be nice if you read and understood history and a little > economics. > > Without the move toward balanced budgets during the Clinton > Administration, Reagan's deficits would have killed us. > > Now that Bubba Bush and the RepubliCONS have run up > deficits that exceed all other deficit spending in the history of > the world combined, the Chinese are basically keeping us > afloat. > > Eventually that dance will end and when it does, we'll all > being spending yuan's instead of dollars and saying å¢shit! > > Jim Eddins > > > > > > There are some irrefutable facts however, (1) We, (the U.S.) > > cannot afford the cost of this excursion in Iraq and we certainly > > cannot afford to keep funding it for much longer. We will reap > > the economic reality of the already sunk cost sooner rather than > > later. (2) nobody in this country truly gives a shit about the Iraqi > > people and this holier than thou rhetoric of how "we're bringing > > freedom and democracy to Iraq" bullshit needs to stop. > > > > Jim Eddins > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
