I clearly don't think that Bush is a great president, he just happens to be
the best of the bunch.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:25 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Bush resume
I think "thinking big" is a large part of Bush's popularity. I don't
think he has a clue about how to manage the economy (or give the
impression of managing the economy), but there were a _lot_ of big, bold
"big picture" initiatives that were pushed through after the attacks.
War On Terrorism! (Swoosh!), Department of Homeland Defense! (Shazam!),
PATRIOT Act! (Kerpow!), Operation Enduring Freedom! (Kaboom!). They
were impressive feats of bureaucratic manipulation, but the economic
policies seem wan and uncreative.
Here's a check for $300 - have fun. I'm cutting taxes, sort of. Oh,
uh, here's another check for $400, go get yourself something nice, ok?
It seems to me that the "Economy" as a whole is sort of rooted in
large-group psychology. While I don't believe the president himself has
that much *actual* control over the economy, I think his and his
administration's attitude towards it can play into the general
perception of how things are going and make people more optimistic about
things.
- Jim
Andy Ousterhout wrote:
>And that is news to who?
>
>Presidents need to think big. Short term fixes create a pendulum effect,
long
>term changes have long term impacts.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:49 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Bush resume
>
>
> Nobel winners attack Bush economics
>
> "Regardless of how one views the specifics of the Bush plan, there is
wide
>agreement that its purpose is a permanent change in the tax structure and
not
>the creation of jobs and growth in the near term," the economists said in a
>statement published by the Economic Policy Institute.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2735269.stm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andy Ousterhout
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:05 AM
> Subject: RE: Bush resume
>
> I guess all the economists are wrong too. If it were not for that damn
>Bush:
> 1 All of the world's ills would be cured.
> 2. All of the excesses of the 90's would have retroactively
>disappeared,
> 3. All of those BAD business people who quickly realized that BUSH
was
> lax on businesses would not have been able to implement evil business
> practices SO quickly that it appeared that they had been following them
>since
> the 90's
> 4. Business would be ignoring the lower cost of labor in other
>countries
> and would have continued to hire people who provided diminishing value
for
>the
> love of country(sorry, God's out)
> 5. All of those foreigners who think that we suck would not be
risking
> life and limb to sneak into OUR country voluntarily work for, god forbid,
> below minimum wage, and send huge amounts of their paltry earnings back
to
> their highly advantaged family who stayed home to live a life of luxury.
> 6. Yale's image would have remained untarnished
>
> My bad.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:39 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Bush resume
>
> Actually the statement that the economy is in a turnaround, is more pie
in
> the
> sky. Jobs continue to be lost, prosecutions of those involved in
business
> fraud, and securities scams are still running at a less than
enthusiastic
> rate.
> Our borders are still insecure. Non-Mexican illegal immigrants are
still
> released into the streets after capture by the INS. His energy and oil
> patch
> friends are still not being called to account for their mis-deeds. Our
> reputation internationally has sunk to a historic low. But I do have
to
> credit
> him for this, he still has a fanatic following, and the big bucks
>
>
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