"Mark Rand" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:07:01 -0400, "Ed Huntress"

allowed that:

snippage


Our problem is debt, not taxes. And, from Ronnie Reagan to the Shrub, our
supposedly "conservative" Republicans have had us living on a big credit
card in the sky. That has to stop, and right now. McCain won't stop it.
He'll continue the deficit spending that has us in this big black hole,
given half a chance, because he'll do everything he can to continue Bush's
tax policies -- mostly for the wealthy. That's one of my big worries about
McCain. I like the man, but he's married to some profoundly stupid and
destructive economic doctrines.



Why are you so darned sensible and in touch with the real world? Is it
that
you're secretly Canadian or some other brand of European or Commie? BEG


Mark Rand
RTFM

Sensible Canadians? Have you ever watched them eat Québécois poutine? If
that doesn't disgust you...well, you might be a Brit. g

There are caveats on that deficit business. We actually have a worse problem
with personal debt; if you look at the numbers, our deficit numbers actually
are not all that high as a percentage of GDP, compared to those of several
European countries that actually are running higher. But we're running a
horrible trade deficit to go with it, and the budget deficit is becoming
institutionalized. That's the pattern that has to be broken.

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Ed Huntress