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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (616914)7/19/2011 12:37:53 PM
From: combjelly1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 1581649
 
"You do not know this history. "

He says, while desperately trying to rewrite history...

No, he wasn't a proponent of deficit spending, so he probably wasn't all that hard to convince. but the Republicans of the day were screaming about it, much as they are now. The only real difference is they didn't spend the previous decade indulging in it until we had no other choice.

"There is zero evidence to suggest it was WWII "spending" that ended the Depression."

This is a total nonsense phrase. Totally detached from reality.

"What you, and liberals generally, seem not to get is that bad economies are ended by one thing -- CONSUMER CONFIDENCE."

Well, duh. And nothing gives consumer more confidence than having a well-paying, stable job. Nothing else comes anywhere close.
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