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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12537)	11/8/2003 6:07:50 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 17683

OK. Which part of this is George Bush responsible for? George Bush is responsible for putting the entire world economy in a sort of fear inspired lock for about a year and a half starting in Spring 2002, based on his incessant warmongering especially in and around Asian countries which are huge customers of US goods- and in so doing he prolonged the recession in the US economy for months on end, which caused US companies to impose significant cuts in their workforces and infrastructure which will take years to rebuild. Additionally, George Bush is responsible for spending a sum of approximately 500 billion dollars in less than a 3 year period, an amazing feat by any measure, taking a healthy surplus US treasury and driving it into the biggest deficit budget EVER (again what is so amazing about this is the 3 year period involved)- and managing to spend this huge sum in a manner that resulted in almost no benefit to average US citizens. There are many ways to spend 500 billion dollars, you could rebuild every school in the US, or give everybody healthcare, or fund an entire Mars program for a decade. Whatever Bush did with the money remains a mystery to most americans but mostly it went to war and Bush cronies and farm subsidies. That is what Bush is responsible for.