In These Times

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• • 12 Nov 06
  • 9:22 am

  How anyone could cite the economy as an issue in this election is beyond me. The economy, is going gangbusters! Get serious! This is a direct result of the Bush Tax Cuts (it always happens when taxes are cut, as John F. Kennedy and Ronald W. Reagan knew). Unemployment is at a 40 or 50 year low (which means there are more jobs ... hmmmm how can that be; I thought Bush destroyed jobs?) Mortgage interest rates are still extrememly low (lower than when I bought my first home in the early 70's, just prior to Jimmy Carters double digit home …

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• • 12 Nov 06
  • 9:27 am

  Actually, cabdriverinchicago, the Clinton recession began in the summer or early spring prior to Bush taking office, so if he had something to do with it, I don't know how he did it. Perhaps you forgot about the so-called dot.com crash and the stock market taking a dive back in those days.

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• • 12 Nov 06
  • 9:32 am

  Hyjinx22, they won't learn. They never have and never will, and their leaders in high places want to keep them uniformed so that they will continue to elect them. I have to admit I was surprised at the outcome of this election; I had no idea just how stupid so many people were. I thought the great economy would be the main driving force. Shows you just how effective the Democrat propaganda machine was. They are wolves in sheeps clothing. We will have to be extremely vigilant in this 110th Congress and watch every move they make, and expose them for …

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• • 12 Nov 06
  • 5:26 pm

  I don't know what you're smokin', cabdriverinchicago. Where do you normally get your news? This website? Ha, ha. Hilarious! It is quite common knowledge that the economy was quite in recession by the end of 2000 (however it was described as a weak recession at that time, I believe), and I'm willing to bet if you do some searches on the Internet for economic news from back then, you will find there was deep concern as early as the summer of 2000. Of course, I understand that you Democrats and liberals like to Blame it on Bush, even though the recession …

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• • 12 Nov 06
  • 5:34 pm

  Forgot to ask you, cabdriverinchicago; just WHO has "pretty well established that the Bush "tax cuts for the rich" (again, you got a tax cut too) haven’t helped the middle class or poor"? How have they NOT helped, when many are now PAYING NO TAX AT ALL? Job creation "modest or slow"? You're not paying attention. Unemployment is at 4.4%. I can tell you for fact, I am having my best year ever, as a self employed person in the construction industry (and I'm in Ohio, which they say is behind the rest of the country) I'm doing well, and I'm …

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