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Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Jones ()
Date: August 03, 2009 07:21AM

The Democrats always end up cleaning up after Republican raid funds and go on spending sprees. After George Bush racking up so much debt and destruction will the Democrats be able to fix the economy this time or is it to far gone?

Are we looking at a second depression and another down turn once the government funds stop propping up the economy?

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Mother Jones ()
Date: August 03, 2009 08:13AM

Jones Wrote:
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> The Democrats always end up cleaning up after
> Republican raid funds and go on spending sprees.
> After George Bush racking up so much debt and
> destruction will the Democrats be able to fix the
> economy this time or is it to far gone?
>
> Are we looking at a second depression and another
> down turn once the government funds stop propping
> up the economy?

Your original premise is a myth. Doubling the national debt in the first 6 months is not cleaning up the mess. Start over with the premise that liberals like to spend everyone's money and conservatives like to let others spend it. Then you'll get it right.

Blame Bush, Blame Bush, Blame Bush.....zzzzzzz.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Date: August 03, 2009 08:26AM

I have my doubts about a quick recovery. I have my doubts that we have hit the bottom.

While I think it is fair to blame Bush and co. for a good deal of the problems, it's simply disingenuous to pretend that the democrats had nothing to do with the problems.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: hop ()
Date: August 03, 2009 08:33AM

democrats can't fix their own mess.....with pork filled stimulus $$$ and health care handouts $$$ and losing control of iraq and doing nothing on unemployment - huge new taxes are coming to all - he's definitely a one-termer

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Reminder ()
Date: August 03, 2009 08:47AM

The internet is killing the Republican party. People are now seeing all the fact and lies of the Republican party. Before the Republican party could just make up stuff and everybody believed it. Marital affairs and strange religious associations could be hidden. Not any more.

The Republican spin machine and lobbyists campaigns are dead.

Look at the nut job here that is still trying to prove Obama isn't born in the US.

As for the debt Republican vs Democrats -
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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: August 03, 2009 09:03AM

hop Wrote:
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> and losing control of iraq and doing nothing on unemployment


It's really a shame we couldn't elect Bush to a third term so he could staighten out this Iraq business and take control of our economy.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Lopter ()
Date: August 03, 2009 09:16AM

I'll say the democrats were involved of course, but the blame goes to Bush and Republicans who have the mantra of "Spend now, pay later." The rest of the World is only going to let the US do for so long and then they are going to pull the plug.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: August 03, 2009 10:09AM

Professor Pangloss Wrote:
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> I have my doubts about a quick recovery. I have
> my doubts that we have hit the bottom.
>
> While I think it is fair to blame Bush and co. for
> a good deal of the problems, it's simply
> disingenuous to pretend that the democrats had
> nothing to do with the problems.

+1

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: conVince ()
Date: August 03, 2009 10:39AM

Reminder Wrote:
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> As for the debt Republican vs Democrats -

Liar. Dolt. Read the Constitution and then give yourself a pop quiz with one question... who in the USA has sole authority to spend taxpayer money?

With that answer (and I give it away in my challenge) , I challenge you to create another (accurate) chart that shows, every two years, the state of the deficit with each congressional term, and which party held the majority for each of those periods.

You will find that the deficit reductions and surpluses you give Klinton and others credit for were performed when Republicans controlled how money was spent.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Wore ()
Date: August 03, 2009 10:43AM

conVince do the chart yourself, you see the same results. Republicans like to spend, mostly on military programs.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: is he up to it? ()
Date: August 03, 2009 12:18PM

I challenge convince to quit blowing guys in the restrooms so much.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: r u up 2 it? ()
Date: August 03, 2009 12:20PM

is he up to it? Wrote:
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> I challenge convince to quit blowing guys in the
> restrooms so much.

if he did that, where would YOU get your man love action? Burke Lake?

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Vince(1) ()
Date: August 03, 2009 01:07PM

One of the lessons of the last Great Depression is that you cant go half assed at trying to spend your way out of it. Until WW II statred attempts to spend our way out were mediocre...with predictable mediocre results. With the war..and the unprescedented spending that went with it....we finally kicked our economy into gear. The answer to our economy isnt to hold back on spending riight now...the anser is to spend more. And then when things are back to "normal" increase taxes...look at ways to cut spending.

Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Date: August 03, 2009 01:22PM

Vince(1) Wrote:
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> One of the lessons of the last Great Depression is
> that you cant go half assed at trying to spend
> your way out of it. Until WW II statred attempts
> to spend our way out were mediocre...with
> predictable mediocre results. With the war..and
> the unprescedented spending that went with
> it....we finally kicked our economy into gear.
> The answer to our economy isnt to hold back on
> spending riight now...the anser is to spend more.
> And then when things are back to "normal" increase
> taxes...look at ways to cut spending.


While that is what Keynsianism (sp?) calls for, I'm not really sure if our currency can handle that. We aren't where we were during the Great Depression 1. Back then we had the money/savings. Now we are a nation severely in debt. We are closer the Wheimer Republic then we are our old selves.

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Re: Can Democratic correct Republican Mess
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: August 03, 2009 01:27PM

Yes - it seems they want to throw out the baby with the bath water.

If the currency severely deflates, and/or we don't rein in spending, we will have hyperinflation like nobody has ever seen in this country before. Then it will truly go to shit here. Let's just hope that maybe they are right, and the recovery is just around the corner - because if it isn't, we are in for an ugly ride.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/2009 01:27PM by Registered Voter.

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