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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: American Spirit who wrote (3988)	8/4/2006 3:39:19 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 224705

Bushies stand for less competition against and between corporate giants That's rather vague. They have a softer view of anti-trust policy than some other administration's, but that isn't exactly standing for less competition. The main way they may have stood for less competition is some of the protectionist measures they have taken. The administration rhetorically supports free trade, and sometimes does with deeds as well as words, but the record is mixed, certainly not all positive. The no-bid contracts with Halliburton for instance. Well that's at least something specific. Of course there are only very few American companies that can handle that type of deal, and the formal government bidding process would have delayed the start of the process, still I could see it as reasonable to claim that the early no bid contract shouldn't have lasted as long as it did. As for the rest of your post, deregulation, if not done in an esp. foolish way, is generally beneficial. Campaign contributions may exert something of a corrupting effect but I think you exaggerate it. Neither is necessarily a recipe for economic or environmental problems, let alone disaster.

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