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Old 09-21-2008, 06:35 PM   #1
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I don't want to gamble with the future. What if there would be another depression if we did not? How can we know the truth? We can only really know it in hindsight. I don't want to have to look back and say we should have.

I understand who is to blame and those who did it. I think deregulation is wrong. I always thought so. I can even say, "I told you so" to those who bashed me for bashing Bush' Waay back when but anyway, I didn't like Bush then and I still don't. I still am democratic in my basic philosophy but these parties are so in the pockets of special interests on both sides.

I am all for cleaning up our government. I hope the two nominees can clean it up without running us into the ground any further.

that's all
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Old 09-21-2008, 07:00 PM   #2
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The "government" is three branches. Congress needs "cleaning up" the most. The Executive branch can supply leadership, and block some mismanagement, but congress is where the most damage is done.

That's one of the reasons the candidates don't get into specifics. It's that not only would the campaigns get bogged down in the details, that most people don't understand anyway, but the congress is the only one that can deal with this. The executive branch can only try to herd the cats.
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Old 09-22-2008, 10:54 PM   #3
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Quote:
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The "government" is three branches. Congress needs "cleaning up" the most. The Executive branch can supply leadership, and block some mismanagement, but congress is where the most damage is done.

That's one of the reasons the candidates don't get into specifics. It's that not only would the campaigns get bogged down in the details, that most people don't understand anyway, but the congress is the only one that can deal with this. The executive branch can only try to herd the cats.
Perhaps you missed this tw, I think it warrants repeating.
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