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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (468842)4/4/2009 11:55:02 AM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1578351
 
Z, > But for reasons that are beyond my control, we don't spend enough on infrastructure in this country.

Says who? Really, says who? All this talk about "not enough spent on infrastructure" really didn't start until the economy started going south. NOW we're not "spending enough"?

Really, what aren't we spending enough on? High-speed rail? OK, let's build some. Solar and wind generators? OK, let's build some. Fixing bridges and filling potholes? B.S., that has always been the responsibility of local governments everywhere; the "pothole patrol" has always been the #1 measure of a local politician's job performance.

> We've exceeded anything resembling a normal economic cycle at this point and are headed towards a Depression (we may be there already).

I disagree. We might not have seen anything like this in the past three decades, but I'm pretty confident that we aren't facing another depression. I've already stated my reasons why:

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