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On a war....so you are advocating a world war to get us out of this mess???
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I'm advocating massive government spending.
It's wasn't the WAR that returned prosperity - it was the SPENDING that the war forced on us that returned prosperity.
Ken
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EVERY person on earth who's lived in any developed civilization above a simple tribal one - throughout all of history since civilization began has had to pay TAXES.
If you want services - whether those services be national defense, police and fire departments, roads and bridges, or healthcare - you HAVE to pay for them. NOTHING is free.
It's really not that hard a concept to understand.
Ken
Read the Constitution,it might help you get a grasp of the founding principles of this nation.
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I'm advocating massive government spending.
It's wasn't the WAR that returned prosperity - it was the SPENDING that the war forced on us that returned prosperity.
Ken
I know what you are advocating,you are simply a believer in the State.
You do not believe in freedom,few do nowadays.
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It's called "kick-starting the economy" - and even Bush (dimwit as he was) understood the need for it. Obama is just doing it more aggressively - as the G8 Summit members agreed just today need to be done. It's not something you can just sit back and do nothing about.
What "kick-start"? 0bama said his plan would jolt the economy, it has caused it to tank. His meddling is causing the recovery to slow, but I'm glad Wall Street is getting rich, while everyone else is watching unemployment numbers climb.
0bama's stimulus plan was never meant to kick-start or stimulate anything, since only about 10% has even been spent.
Cap & trade will kill jobs, and the dollar, making the cost of living soar. You let that bill pas, and it will tank the markets and jobs. So why, if 0bama wants to stimulate the economy, would he be pushing to sign the Waxman-Markey cap & trade bill?
You can't compare the massive spending that occurred during WWII to the massive spending that this Admin is doing. For one, back then, we were the only game in town. Europe and Japan, had been decimated by WWII. China, Russia, India, and Mexico weren't even in the ballgame. We had a monopoly on the means of production so everyone needed us. It is a completely different game today. Our industry has been decimated (those not subsidized by the gov't print shop), shipped over to countries with much lower cost of labor, lower environmental and labor standards, etc. Massive spending will only create massive debt. There's too much competition overseas. If anything, our country needs to focus on leveling the playing field so that we can compete on the global stage.
And what was it about WWII that ended the Depression? Massive Government Spending
Ken
If it were only that simple.
The entire banking and finance system was altered in order for businesses to become uber productive.
Giving millions of unemployed citizens something to do didn't hurt either.
The biggest difference between the first depression and the coming greatest depression can be summed up in two words. "MORAL COMPASS". Of which compared to the 30's. We are bankrupt.
"IT's ALL GOOD" will be our legacy of destruction.
If you only want to rant to people who agree with you I suggest you wander over to someplace like freerepublic or michelle malkin dot com.
LOL....not finding your opinion important on this matter doesn't mean I do not want to discuss the issue.
Perhaps that is the problem with a lot of people,they think their position must be valued by their opponents.
You are wrong in my opinion,you believe in bigger government,more control by government and couch it in terms of keeping us protected from exploitation by private enterprise...
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