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Topic: Bush League Econ 101
glassman
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posted December 17, 2007 12:03
wow, i can't get over how simplistic his economic views are... after this press conference is "transcripted" i'll pull a few choice quotes... -------------------- Don't envy the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise.
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glassman
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posted December 17, 2007 12:06
what jumped out at me right off was his 'spalantion of why health care costs are so high.. he blames it on the "consumer" and third party paying practices. it's not the consumer. how many of us would/could go to a restaurant and order off a menu with no prices? 1/4 of 1%... and the people who get to be in that 1/4 of 1% didn't get there, or stay there, by doing it. -------------------- Don't envy the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise.
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glassman
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posted December 17, 2007 13:40
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight D. Eisenhowerhttp://www.quotedb.com/quotes/405 -------------------- Don't envy the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise.
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bdgee
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posted December 17, 2007 16:02
It's because he has a simplistic mind. He thinks he worked for what he has. That too is simplistic.
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