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  • #76
    To be fair, the problems with the airlines aren't Bush's fault (unless you blame him for 9/11, which I don't).

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    • #77
      the really scary thing about this deficit is that all the old deficit hawks in both parties seem to have flown the coop. Both presidential candidates are huge spenders and the fiscal responsibility streak the republican party had back in it's old contract with america days seems to have totally evaporated. It was amazing that politicians ever pulled it together to start paying down the astronomical debt and it's crushing to see how quickly all that remarkable progress has been abandoned by both parties.

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      • #78
        I blame Bush's economic follies for further straining a slowing economy.
        The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

        The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Geronimo
          Now, getting back to the context of all this, we saw an article that made projections that the US national debt will mushroom significantly under current spending and taxing laws and (apparently) assuming accurate demographic projections. You read the article and I quote your reply to it above. From the first part of your post it is amazingly clear that you find such projections speculative and unreliable. You then even more clearly state "Projections are not always right and the chances of them being wrong for the longer term is a lot greater.". nothing could be more clear.
          You are so wrong it is going to hit you rather hard that these projections are wrong. No I don't take them seriously. Like I don't take my ex-bf Robert seriously. So please stop with this nonsense. People lie and are unreliable. I know all about it.

          And ****.. fine! ALRIGHT I WON'T USE IDIOMS ANYMORE.
          For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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          • #80
            Originally posted by DRoseDARs
            In other news, Delta announced it's cutting 7,000 jobs over the next 18 months. Yep, nothing like a 'jobless recovery'.
            144,000 jobs were created in August. But hey that doesn't mean anything to your left wing mind.
            For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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            • #81
              Several million were lost since 2000. Sorry, no, 144,000 doesn't cut it.
              The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

              The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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              • #82
                Originally posted by Giancarlo


                You are so wrong it is going to hit you rather hard that these projections are wrong. No I don't take them seriously. Like I don't take my ex-bf Robert seriously. So please stop with this nonsense. People lie and are unreliable. I know all about it.

                And ****.. fine! ALRIGHT I WON'T USE IDIOMS ANYMORE.
                Actually I agree that projections shouldn't be taken very seriously. Rather we need to examine the current data that the projections are based on.

                When you say that I'm so wrong, what exactly is it that you are referring to?

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by DRoseDARs
                  Several million were lost since 2000. Sorry, no, 144,000 doesn't cut it.
                  Ummm several were lost since 2000? Maybe but that is a fact with the business cycle. Companies lay people off to adjust to changing business environments. Bush did not cause this. The recession originally started in 1999 from what I have heard (when corporate profit started to plummet). 144,000 is for one month too. You love selectively choosing nonsense to fit your nonsense arguments.
                  For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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                  • #84
                    Fez, you're so fun
                    The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

                    The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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                    • #85
                      Fez is right, here, at least partially - there was no avoiding the bubble bursting. Bush certainly hasn't helped things, though.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Kuciwalker
                        Fez is right, here, at least partially - there was no avoiding the bubble bursting. Bush certainly hasn't helped things, though.
                        Actually there was no recession because of tax cuts. There had to be two consecutive quarters of negativity, but there was only one. The tax cuts increased growth.
                        For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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                        • #87
                          I have a prediction:

                          In 10 years Sean Hannity will write a book blaming the Democrats for the deficit. I don't know how he will blame them (since they don't control any level of government), but he will, and millions of Americans will believe him anyway.
                          Only feebs vote.

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                          • #88
                            I've been forced to agree with both Fez and Agathon in the same thread.

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by Agathon
                              I have a prediction:

                              In 10 years Sean Hannity will write a book blaming the Democrats for the deficit. I don't know how he will blame them (since they don't control any level of government), but he will, and millions of Americans will believe him anyway.
                              In 10 years, people will look back at you and laugh (what a ridiculous avatar you have... nice to praise a person who rigged a recall).
                              For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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                              • #90
                                In 10 years the communists will have risen from the ashes of capitalism and you will be mining salt, my friend.

                                As a special dispensation because you aren't really that bad I, as a revolutionary comandante, will sneak you into a camp where you will be the only man among thousands of beautiful female salt miners.
                                Only feebs vote.

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