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To: Bill who wrote (117964)	12/19/2000 11:34:33 PM
From: WTSherman	Respond to of 769670

<Crap peddler I see. I argue one point, and you come back and tell me I'm wrong about the point I didn't argue. You've got a cheesy debate style WT.< You're a riot!! You make a claim that the budget surplus is due to capital gains, I disagree and give you the actual figures, you tell me I'm wrong, I give you the quote from top Senate Republican on the issue and you then completely ignore it. But, I have a "cheesy debate style"??? Gimme a break, you want to create a fact out of a falsehood, I call you on it and I'm cheesy? LOL! Here's your original post, anyone who feels like following it(just keep clicking on reply) can determine for themselves that your claim you "didn't argue it" is total BS. What's the matter can't admit your wrong, or don't want to admit you just made it up? Message 15030193 As far as the "market being down 50%" goes, you just don't seem to get it. The NAZ had reached unsupportable levels due to "irrational exuberance"(as noted by that well known demolib Greenspan). Complaining about the drop in the NAZ is like complaining about the price of tulip bulbs having gone down after their mania. The S&P is the broadest measure of stock market performance that we have. Its down 10% over the past year. If you think that certain basket averages are a real reflection of the overall stock market then you might as well point out that the internet index is down about 85%. Does that mean that things are terrible? No, it means that some stupid investors got burned because they bought into a story rather than made investments.