Post #183,113
11/5/04 3:39:57 PM
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Oh, you mean like...
Government spending buys goods and services in the US. Those goods and services are provided by employed folks. Oh, you mean like the government spending of howevermany billions for Halliburton no-bid contracts to "rebuild" Iraq? (Oh, by the way, welcome back, BeeP...)jb4
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Post #183,121
11/5/04 4:02:04 PM
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Yep. Thats what I mean.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #183,142
11/5/04 5:39:28 PM
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OK, then
How many of the howevermany billions are going into the US economy? Well, there's the CEO's salary, and of course, the kickbacks....and, yes, the money "donated" to the PACs.
And a whole shitload of money going into Iraq, which'll help Iraq's economy (assuming, of course, that Iraq has an economy after we destroy the shit out of whatever infrastructure is left there; in the interim, I suppose that all those bucks are drawing decent interest so as to pay nice dividends to the CEO, et al).
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #183,144
11/5/04 5:52:50 PM
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What do you think we are buying?
Sand?
sigh
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #183,149
11/5/04 6:13:10 PM
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I can think of several things:
PAC money for the next election.
Political favoritism
Dickie-C's pension
Halliburton's CEO's golden parachute
Misdirection for Ken Lay
I'm sure I'll think of some other stuff later....
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #183,162
11/5/04 8:06:07 PM
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I'm sure you will
and I'm sure you'll think it was brilliant when you do.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #183,440
11/8/04 9:12:02 AM
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Not brilliant...merely accurate....
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #183,458
11/8/04 10:48:12 AM
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O.O.T.
ut f ouch
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #183,146
11/5/04 5:54:26 PM
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Bad assumption
If we spend a billion dollars building infrastructure, then a billion dollars blowing it up, then another billion dollars building infrastructure (plus another billion protecting the workers from irate locals) then another billion blowing things up, what have we accomplished?
5 billion spent, a bunch of injuries, complete disruption of that area so it cannot rebuild itself, ticked off locals and lots of press releases. Some of the spent money finds its way into the pockets of the CEO of Haliburton and similar places. The work put out went to accomplish zilch of value.
I don't care how much we spend in Iraq, it won't help their economy in the long run. Nothing will until we stop dropping bombs.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #183,148
11/5/04 6:09:55 PM
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My point 'xactly!
I guess my ability to post concisely was damaged by the presidential Erection.
(...never mind...)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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