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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (458345)2/21/2009 2:52:36 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1573927
 
Ted, you make some good points in your post here, so if you don't mind, I'm just going to bring out a few:

> Do you know that at the current rate of car buying, everyone's car would have to last 16-20 years? Anything is possible but I doubt the vast majority of Americans will be driving around in cars that old.

Think about that for a minute. Can that continue? Of course not. People will have to replace their cars eventually, likely with more fuel-efficient, economic models. Demand will pick up on its own. The free market can still work.

> People have to believe that someone is in charge in DC and knows what they are doing. That's the attitude Obama is trying to convey.......cool and calm. Its intentional. Its what people need right now.

I've heard a tongue-in-cheek idea brought up. Obama can simply just go out there and talk up the economy. He can even sell his celebrity status via T-shirts, product endorsements, maybe even some TV guest appearances on shows like 30 Rock.

I hope you get my point here. Every leader has to portray a cool and calm attitude. That's part of the job. Feel-good feelings feel good, but in the end they're still empty feelings and they still don't pay the mortgage ... or fill up the gas tank ...

Tenchusatsu
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