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Old 01-24-2004, 09:06 PM  
12clicks
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Originally posted by Elli
*munching the popcorn*

So.. what you're saying is Bush is rescuing us from a market crash?
Nope, not a crash, a resession.
We've never been able to tax our way out of those. We have tax cut our way out in the past though.
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And he's doing it by going to war (which always is a great economy-booster)
No, the war was for a totally different reason and its ok if you don't like the reasoning, I do.
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and by giving breaks to big business and cutting social funding??
cutting social funding is a myth. Giving breaks to Business is always a good idea. Any time you tax a business, you inhibit their ability to expand and hire.
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Well, I'd say that's pretty spot-on. But the question remains: was this the only way to recover, or even the best way? Back to Jurassic Park (the book): Just because something *can* be done doesn't mean it *should* be done.

*munch munch*
The only way? no but I'm ok with it.
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