See they were right, and it takes about 2 to 3 years of LOW taxes to for the economy to bounce.\n\nCAN YOU DISPUTE THIS, where is YO evidence ???
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All it takes is a war - and GWB started one for us. Any banker will tell you, during an economic slowdown, "All we need is a war." Production goes up, prices go up, profit goes up, unemployment goes down - war is the answer to all good Christian American prayers. "Dear Lord, please send us a country to invade with evil men, women and children to slaughter. In Jesus' name we pray." Amen!
407397
Two years after the Democrats do away with the dividend and capital gains tax cuts.\n\nThe ironic thing is that many who vote Democrat are too dumb to realize that their pension-plans are in the stock market.\nAnd Democrats still hate the stock market.
294703
If you are poor and repuglican you are an idiot, you don't keep more of your money because of the repuglicans, the rich and even more so the very rich do. I for the life of me do not understand how anybody making less the 100 grand a year would vote for repuglican leadership because every time that they do they shoot themselves in the ass. They have bought the repuglican rhetoric like damn fools. The lack an understanding of basic economics. Another point I would like to make is that the repuglican party is not any more moral then the democrats. Just check and see who is under indictment at the moment to see that.
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OK, I'll answer one by one and talk slowly.\n-Will they accept responsibility when the economy tanks due to increased income tax?\nI would expect an increase or at least a roll-back of taxes on the top 5% or so. Thats the way it works - Republicans cut taxes and raise the federal debt, Democrats raise taxes and cut the federal debt\n-When we are over run by illegal aliens due to amnesty?\nThat's Bush's proposal\n-When we are attacked greater than 9-11 due to the elimination of the Patriot act and wiretaps?\nI would not expect either of these to be overturned, just modified to protect law-abiding citizens. Funny thing about wiretapping is that it was already allowed, Bush just chose to ignore the "court order" part of the law.\n-When terrorist recruitment increases due to our abandonment of desperate, freedom seeking citizens of the Middle East?\nBush and the Iraq war have done a much better job of raising terrorist recruitment levels than any Democrat could ever do\n-When infants are murdered and harvested for failed research only to create a profitable market for abortionists?\nThe law has already been passed, with Democratic approval, to forbid "fetus farming". Try and catch up: S3504\n-Will they accept responsibility on their watch for what they implemented, or will they simply attempt to blame and exiting President even though they now hold the power?\nYou mean like Bush blaming Clinton for things that happened on HIS watch?\n-And furthermore will the dumbass voting public who put them there take responsibility?\nAre you referring to the same "dumbass voting public" that elected Bush twice? You can't have it both ways. It is the same "dumbass voting public". They're just more pissed off now...\n\nMy head is out of my *** and my eyes are open. I suggest you try it sometime.
201801
I don't know if you can convince someone... it takes longer (and more money) to do something the right way... more money equals higher taxes... it seems like most people don't care about the "right way" to do things.. only the cheap way...\n\nI just hope the earth is more resilient than we think...
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This is indeed a "booming economy".  I have heard the people of Haliburton say it a number of times.  Seriously, I am tired of people trying force feed us that the economy is doing so great.  It is not.  There are a number of problems with it.  Here are just a few.\n\n\n a one trillion dollar war\nout of control spending in government\nrecord numbers of foreclosures\ncollege tuition and health care costs doubling\n20% of Americans owning 80% of the stock\nrecord deficits in spending\nnational debt doubling\ntrade deficit every year for the past 30 years\nmillions more in poverty every year\nhalf a trillion dollars a year spent on interest this year on \nnational debt. yes, that was just the interest.\n"real income" down each of the last five years\npersonal savings at an all time low\n\n This doesn't sound like America.  Unfortunately it is.
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Your argument is belied by cold, hard facts: Under Reagan's policies, the US had one of only two really decent growth periods since the mid sixties.\n\nAfter Reagan, we went into slow decline under Bush and Clinton, whose economic policies were largely the same; big, intrusive government controlling our economic choices.\n\nThen, for a short time, the Federal government was crippled by the struggle between Clinton and a Republican Congress, so that there was little new economic regulation and some very Reaganesque deregulation. This also turned out to be the only other period of significant growth. \n\nThen the second Bush took over, and our economic policies became, again, what they were under his father and under pre-Republican Clinton...and we've returned to the "slow decline".\n\nInstead of whining for MORE socialist violation of your choices, you should be arguing for an elimination of the government meddling we suffer under during EVERY period of economic decline.\n\nOh, and remember that unions ARE monopolies, and are bad for all concerned...not only for the companies, and the consumers (who are everyone), but even for workers.\n\nYour highway theory is sheer nonsense; understand that the Highway Fund, financed by the huge Federal gas tax, HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN SURPLUS. But Congress cheats, spending the "trust fund" surplus on things other than transportation. \n\nThe Reagan tax cuts...and anyone who doesn't know this reveals their ignorance of the topics at hand...actually INCREASED government revenue, by (along with deregulation) boosting economic growth, which became truly positive for the first time in nearly twenty years.\n\nNote, too, that you are apparently ignorant of how bad things were BEFORE Reagan. We were in a FAST economic decline throughout all of the seventies, and in fact most "experts" claimed the US could never recover, and was going to lose its position as the global economic power to the Soviet Union and Japan. Thanks to Reagan's reduction in government regulation and taxes, and his reduction of strife with the Soviets...allowing the inevitable failure of socialism to become the focus of the people of that evil empire...this did not happen.
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According to Global Insight:\n\n"modest gain of 3.2% in 2004 ... likely to post a 12.7% gain in 2005. ...outlook for 2006 calls for deceleration ... to a modest 5.5%. [Based on] office and industrial construction ... and supply shortages ... in some areas..." \n\n"...prices are likely to gain strength through the first half of 2006 [due to rebuilding in the Gulf Coast]. ...prices are expected to ease slightly by the end of 2006."
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When you hear the economy is doing good, is not the whole truth.\nYes, the economy is doing good for those in the stock market which is mostly the top 5% of people.Sometimes you will hear that job growth went up but look at the kind of jobs created, low paying service jobs. Inflation is not all its cracked up to be, they don`t figure energy cost like gas for cars and homes or food cost. Last year the world for the first time ever consumed more grain then we produced so look for food cost to rise. The American dollars worth has dropped 12% from 2002. If China wanted to invade a country by them all they would have to do to stop the U.S. is to call up the notes we owe them. I never seen a republican president spend so much money or expand that much government
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Correct on EVERY thing you have said....Nice job sassy. Not to mention..It is being said that prices of goods and services would be on the rise when we deport the "illegals" from our land. If this is the case..why haven't prices gone down as a result of there illegal employment?
197318
I really think the George Bush administration has sent America backwards 50 years. I don't have to go into all of the obvious inflation. Bush hasn't vetoed any spending legislation, or any legislation at all. It's all poor leadership.
636508
It's a lottery type thing. Not on the shores of the US--that should cause you some concern. Their website says you get your return on investment in two years.
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They keep you confused so they can keep as much of the interest free loan you give them in taxes every year. Do you honestly think our forefathers intended for the tax system to get so far out of control? It's just insane! Their rules are like saying the sky is blue, but only on Tuesdays when you were red pants or on Fridays when half the population is on lunch. They don't have set rules for everyone and that's just ridiculous!
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Ignoring the Bush-bashing despite how much I might like it.\n\nRepublicans nowadays are "pro-business" or basically in economics "supply-siders".  It's a view where if the means of producing things, in this case businesses, are able to produce more, it will benefit the economy with higher production and lower prices.  Now, if the minimal wage was to be increased, where is that extra money going to come from?  The pockets of business owners and companies.  This means a higher cost for them which would mean that they aren't making as much money.  Since they are not making as much money, they will make less, creating higher prices from shortages and too much demand.\n\nOn the other hand, if we did have an increase on minimal wage, it could lead to higher inflation.  Companies may want to increase prices to soak up the extra cash.  In addition, it would be up to the Federal Reserve to control the inflation.  They may choose to do so by increasing the reserve requirement, making it harder for you to get a bank loan.  They may also choose to increase the prime interest rate, increaing all other interest rates elsewhere, hurting everyone in the economy.\n\nThe economy is a fickle, little thing.
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This false inflation isn't a boom, it's just inflated figures. Our economy is at the brink of crash with Bush's over printing of money. The dollar is at it's lowest point ever. Clinton balanced the budget and lowered the interest rates which caused the Country to recover. The same thing will have to go on again in order to level out the Stock Market. When the gold standard rises it's time to look for a crash, it's up $200.00 dollars on the ounce now. China is holding all of the Bush Administrations cards too, since they have borrowed trillions in debt to Communist China. America has with the Republicans bet on Communists with the Stock Market, and that's a foolish gamble.
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Yes Mike, it's all very well about trust, but what happened in 1929?   Something similar may happen soon.   9/11 set the process in motion; Bush is carrying it further.  Thank goodness I'm a poor man, with little to lose.  You rich people had better buy gold or Chinese currency soonest.\nQuestioner bulabate is very near the mark when he talks about printing money - whose head is in the sand - his or Mike Gilbert's?  I reckon your's Mike, rather than bula's, not that I know much about the subject : in fact I don't think anyone does; not even Alan Greenspan.
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I watched only long enough to see it was about the 16th amendment not being legally ratified, and therefore we didn't have to pay income tax.  \n\nI refer you to this page to see a response.  The final rebuttal is at the bottom.  \nhttp://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_127.html