On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:57 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > >> I'd guess 90% of the suffering we see today is directly related to the >> last Republican in office. > > After this long in office, I don't buy that line. The current > President has implemented his economic and social agenda so far as he > has been able to, which is to say most of it. He has dug a deeper > hole for himself, not filled it in.
Bush screwed up for 8 years (7 of which he was the bee's knees to a lot of people), and Obama should have fixed everything in 2? I dunno... > The stimulus was supposed to keep unemployment under 8% - it didn't. > Cash for clunkers was supposed to revitalize the auto industry - it > didn't. The health care bill was supposed to make medical insurance > affordable for all - it hasn't. Fiscally his policies have proven to > be a bust. But "trickle down" works, and we should trust CEOs to have *our* best interests at heart. Sure... This stuff is like the weather-- it's kind of hard to predict what will work. Personally, I feel we could be (and maybe deserve to be) *far* worse off. We've been pretty lucky, is my stance. We're still paying the /last/ piper. :Den -- Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form. Guru N ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327792 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm