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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (340119)	1/8/2003 11:19:27 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I agree with all your suggestions, Shiloh, though, as Bill pointed out, only one deals with spending. That's what happens when I post off the top of my head. <g>

To: Poet who wrote (340119)	1/8/2003 11:25:31 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

willingness to shoulder the burden of a smaller and more efficient government. Playing devil's advocate for a moment, what if the fact that the gov't is huge and inefficient is exactly the reason that, even in a down cycle, our economy is still the envy of the world? After all, gov't is the greatest make-work entity in the nation. What would the unemployment rate look like if we suddenly had a significantly smaller gov't? Would private enterprise be able to take up the slack? (This is not a well-informed, supported position...it is merely a "what-if" that sprang to mind...please punch logical holes in it, if merited).