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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BubbaFred who wrote (18784)	3/11/2003 10:17:17 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 25898

>>Is it ineptitude to deal with the economy<< Not even someone with as laissez faire ideas as Milton Friedman would suggest that government should just let things sort themselves out. At least he prefers adjusting the money supply to control inflation. That's one of many tools. I don't buy into the notion that you just sit back and hope for the best. Again, it's an example of letting ideology get in the way of skill in running a government on a sound financial basis. Art