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The Bush Economy, 20FEB09
"RB" wrote in message ... Curly Surmudgeon wrote: Worldwide markets continued to crash: Dow 7,365.67 -100.28 -1.34% Nasdaq 1,441.23 -1.59 -0.11% S&P 500 770.05 -8.89 -1.14% Hang Seng 12,699.17 -324.19 -2.49% Nikkei 225 7,416.38 -141.27 -1.87% Straits Times 1,594.94 -34.41 -2.11% FTSE 3,889.06 -129.31 -3.22% DAX 4,014.66 -200.55 -4.76% CAC 40 2,750.55 -122.05 -4.25% The unemployment numbers rose to over 600,000 this week, gold topped $1,000/oz, more banks failed, more multi-billion dollar Ponzi schemes were uncovered, and the spectre of Poland, Ukraine, and Czech nations going into bankruptcy. When are you dumbasses going to realize that Bush is gone, and the markets are reacting appropriately to the BS our current president is dealing. Well, let's see....how long were you guys calling the recession that started about the time of Bush's inauguration "Clinton's recession"? Was it for a year afterward, or two? The markets reflect confidence - or lack thereof - in the future based on what's going on NOW, not last year. When that $800B porkfest got crammed through in record time, most sensible people realized the folly of making that $3500 annual IRA contribution, and bought AR15s instead. And all of us normal people appreciate it. Paranoid freaks can provide a healthy boost to spending. -- Ed Huntress |
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The Bush Economy, 20FEB09
On Feb 20, 4:22*pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"RB" wrote in message ... Curly Surmudgeon wrote: Worldwide markets continued to crash: Dow 7,365.67 -100.28 -1.34% Nasdaq 1,441.23 -1.59 -0.11% S&P 500 770.05 -8.89 -1.14% Hang Seng 12,699.17 -324.19 -2.49% Nikkei 225 7,416.38 -141.27 -1.87% Straits Times 1,594.94 -34.41 -2.11% FTSE 3,889.06 -129.31 -3.22% DAX 4,014.66 -200.55 -4.76% CAC 40 2,750.55 -122.05 -4.25% The unemployment numbers rose to over 600,000 this week, gold topped $1,000/oz, more banks failed, more multi-billion dollar Ponzi schemes were uncovered, and the spectre of Poland, Ukraine, and Czech nations going into bankruptcy. When are you dumbasses going to realize that Bush is gone, and the markets are reacting appropriately to the BS our current president is dealing. Well, let's see....how long were you guys calling the recession that started about the time of Bush's inauguration "Clinton's recession"? Was it for a year afterward, or two? The markets reflect confidence - or lack thereof - *in the future based on what's going on NOW, not last year. * When that $800B porkfest got crammed through in record time, most sensible people realized the folly of making that $3500 annual IRA contribution, and bought AR15s instead. And all of us normal people appreciate it. Paranoid freaks can provide a healthy boost to spending. -- Ed Huntress- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Considering that Clinton was in for eight years and Bush for eight years, I consider we have a good sixteen years where the finger can be pointed at Bush. Unfortunately it will take generations of Americans to pay for Bush's trillion dollar blunders. Our children will hate us for not preventing it. TMT |
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The Bush Economy, 20FEB09
"Ed Huntress" wrote:
Well, let's see....how long were you guys calling the recession that started about the time of Bush's inauguration "Clinton's recession"? Was it for a year afterward, or two? At least a year. 9/11 made it impossible to chart Clintons recession any further. Wes |
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