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On Jun 1, 8:10=A0pm, mg <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The Republicans created the big deficit and huge debt on purpose with
> their starve-the-beast strategy. The basic idea is to "bankrupt" the
> government and use the deficits as an excuse to cut programs like
> Social Security, Medicare, FEMA, OSHA, and the EPA, etc. I did a post
> on the subject in April 2009. Wikipedia also has an article on the
> Republican starve-the-beast strategy:http://tinyurl.com/NewTestamentRight=
ieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast


all the programs that help people in need and the programs set up to
protect us from corporate greed. How scary,


>
> There are some interesting, background articles on the starve-the-
> beast strategy at the following websites:http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/2=
9/us/dole-in-choosing-kemp-buried-a-b...http://tinyurl.com/KemptheRightard
>
> They didn't, however, cause the economic collapse on purpose. That all
> started with Bush's ownership society and was caused by greed and
> incompetence.


Is itb reversible?  Or are they just cut food stamps to 47 million
Americans and let then eat cake?

>
> On Jun 1, 7:46=A0am, mg <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Europe is slowing down and is in big trouble. India is slowing down.
> > China is slowing down and there is nothing but ugly numbers out this
> > morning on the U.S. economy. Stock futures before the open are way
> > down. Commodities have been getting slaughtered for a long time now.
> > Crude oil is down to about $83/bbl (but gas prices aren't down much of
> > course). The yield on the 10-yr bond now under 1.5%. Germany's DAX is
> > down over 3% this morning and the Germans have the best economy in
> > Europe. The DOW is down about 175 right now.http://www.cnbc.com/id/4764=
3788
>
> > When you think about it, the terrorists didn't really do much damage
> > to the U.S. economy on 9/11, but the mess that Bush left us in is
> > probably about the worst in U.S. history. Will we ever completely