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Originally posted by brapple:
yes I understand there is an economic cycle, doesn't mean steps can't be taken to lessen its impact, again nothing was done
What do you think Bush could have done to 'lessen its impact'?
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But it doesn't do the world much good to make policy you can't / won't enforce either. Originally posted by bnoon:
The UN was created to avoid these type of conflicts. Worthless or not, it doesn't do foriegn policies much good to go against the UN.
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Originally posted by brapple:
sure maybe he couldn't stop it but he could have tried
yes I understand there is an economic cycle, doesn't mean steps can't be taken to lessen its impact, again nothing was done
1. The Fed cuts rates to all-time lows
2. Tax cuts to jump start economy
They both worked.
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Yup,
He cut capital gains tax and income tax.
-Andy
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The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by brapple:
yes I understand there is an economic cycle, doesn't mean steps can't be taken to lessen its impact, again nothing was done
What do you think Bush could have done to 'lessen its impact'?
tax incentives to prevent jobs from going overseas
not increase taxes on the middle/lower class not cut taxes to the rich
not closing social welfar programs, could have increased them and increase job training
not cut goverment funding to jobs including police and fire
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how about not spending money in Iraq and working to increase education levels here in the US so that our works have a better chance in the global market
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Wow. There are lots of '101' books you could benefit from.
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Originally posted by brapple:
Originally posted by JVT:
Lets not blame job losses on the President, blame the economic cycle which happened to spiral downwards in '00 and '01.
and the fact Bush did nothing to stop it....
Really? So Bush did nothing to recover from one of the shortest recessions on record historically? Despite the first major attack on the homeland? Didn't pass new tax legislation? Didn't pass new legislation to discourage corporate fraud?
And now we're talking about overhauling the IRS, more or less eliminating it using the KISS principle (flat tax system), creating individual/personal wealth in a new retirement structure that avoids the corruption common to gov't programs, continuing to modernize our volunteer military.
What exactly would you have suggested?
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Originally posted by brapple:
tax incentives to prevent jobs from going overseas
not increase taxes on the middle/lower class not cut taxes to the rich
not closing social welfar programs, could have increased them and increase job training
not cut goverment funding to jobs including police and fire
You're out of your [censored] mind.
How would ANY of those stop a recession?
Please, PLEASE, I'm begging you, stop.
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Isolation worked in the 20-late 30s... Here's an idea for education, pay attention and study in class, and then get off your ass and work to educate yourself!! If our education is so terrible, why are other countries coming here to get their people educated? Originally posted by brapple:
how about not spending money in Iraq and working to increase education levels here in the US so that our works have a better chance in the global market
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