| Stephen Gran on Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:52:08 -0400 |
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On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 07:32:40AM -0700, Craig Brennan said: <snip> > That sort of thing I don't blame on the government. I blame that on > poor work ethic and having it too good for too long. I mostly trend to agree, although I don't think it's just a question of being spoiled. American style Capitalism has boom and bust cycles built into it, and we happen to be in a bust right now. Add to that the current Administration's willingness to allow business to do literally anything they want to make a profit, and you can see where this goes. Businesses without any reason to be responsible to the community they employ have no incentive not to look for cheaper workers when times are tight. The kids you're teaching (who I'm quite sure are idiots for the most part, just like every college everywhere) are expecting 'life to be fair' or some variation, but when businesses don't have to be fair, they won't. > What I do blame on the government is STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID > STUPID FISCAL POLICY. I find it fascinating that in only half a term, > this idiot President of ours can take the largest budget surplus ever > and turn it into the largest deficit we've seen in many years. Then, > in order to fix it, he engages in a pre-emptive war with no plan > whatsoever of what to do once it's over. We then assume 100% of the > financial responsibility of rebuilding said nation. We are now 1 > country with the financial responsibility of running 2. You do not > need to be a math major, political science major, or even a total > fucking idiot to realize how damaging this can be to an economy. 80's flashback time - supply side economics bought us a giant deficit wth Reagan, and it took us almost a decade to recover from it. It looks likewe're doing it all over again. I am always amused by the Republicans' criticism of the Democrats 'big government and big spending', when the Republicans have consistently run up deficits every time they have the opportunity to do so. I'm not even going to touch Haliburton's war - it makes me so disgusted I'll probably be offensive to someone. Getting progresively more off-topic, but who doesn't love a good rant? :) Talk to you later, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | The more control, the more that | | steve@lobefin.net | requires control. | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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