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Yeah and we probably have someplace to sleep as well, we must be really well off.

I am not sure a TV of any sort is really a sign of having it made.

... that the first economic policy initiative of the Bush Administration on taking office was to create a recession by announcing one. The "solution" was their next major economic initiative, a tax reform package designed to remove the last remaining tax liabilities from the wealthiest Americans, most of whom now pay little or nothing.

In the aftermath of 9-11, the Bush Administration created today's mortgage crisis by assuring that adjustable rate mortgages were readily available with no down payment and zero to 1% (initial) interest to all Americans, turning overpriced real estate into worthless securities backed by uncollectable debt. The net result? Hundreds of billions stolen from U.S. trading partners overseas who purchased the worthless paper in good faith, and the transfer of hundreds of billions worth of foreclosed property to U.S. corporate investors who can well afford to wait as long as it takes for real property values to rise.

Then of course the Bush crew started a permanent war of conquest and colonial occupation, paid for by the simple expedient of selling what's left of U.S. financial institutions to China and Saudi Arabia. When the influx of foreign capital started to dry up, the Bush people started dumping hundreds of billions of new dollars (= counterfeiting) into the economy, to keep the financial engine turning at the expense of hyperinflation and an economic crash that will happen early in the next President's term.

People who think the Bush administration has failed, simply don't know what the Bush administration's objectives are. From the theft of the 2000 election to today, they have been brilliantly successful at doing the job their backers installed them to do.

The big picture makes all too much sense: Step one, shift as much capital as possible into the hands of favored corporate and private supporters of the NeoCon social reform package, a.k.a. the establishment of a Fascist totalitarian regime in the United States. Step two, create runaway inflation, which in real life is a progressive tax hitting the lower income brackets by slashing the value of their assets, which are in the form of dollars, not property with intrinsic value. Objective three, cause an economic crash and Depression to justify the assumption of "temporary emergency powers" that will never go away.

Oh, and here's a news flash: This policy agenda is a seamless continuation of a program which was started under Bill Clinton and which Hillary fully expects to complete. Under DemoPublican rule, the U.S. has a de facto one party system under the control of as few as 100 corporate and private players. They may have their differences, but they agree that the evolution of the world economy is eroding the dominant role of the United States, and they stand united in their resolve to prevent this by any means necessary. Their philosophy: "It is better to be a King in Hell than a Stooge in Heaven".

Keynes said you should engage in deficit spending when the threat of a recession loomed, and that deficit spending was supposed to be on public goods such as infrastructure, education, healthcare, and welfare.

Keynes did NOT advise deficit spending for the purpose of entering a recession as Bush has done.

nothing that bush or congress or supreme court does has even the most minute impact on anyones life. it all you. and your ego.

The fact that I am leery of Hi def tv (and the attendant cable bills), have a good job, substantial part time income, insurance, 2 beautiful children who are developing into good students, a solid budget, and no credit card debt, has nothing to do with Bush or any other beltway bonehead.

It all matters how you frame the questions to get what you want.

This is a worthless survey. How many people who would pick the second and third answers don't have computers, or the internet, or spend their time reading political websites?