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To: i-node who wrote (199411)	9/1/2004 6:04:01 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573073

It infuriates me that you all pretend that Bush is not the problem; that the president's actions do not effect the economy. The president's actions CAN affect the economy. Mon Dieu! It took nearly three years for you to admit that point. But the actions of Congress and the Fed basically have much more control than the president. Not in the current situation..........we are getting hit by a double whammy......budget deficits on one end and a huge tax on oil at the other end.......both attributable to Bush. In this instance, the war in Iraq has undoubtedly affected the price of oil. So, what? The price of oil goes up, it goes down, that's life with commodities. Higher oil prices are the ONLY thing that will drive the development of alternative fuels. Then why did Bush cut back on developing energy alternatives in his latest budget proposal? The problems we are encountering with the price of oil has everything to do with Bush and should be reason enough to get Bush out of the WH. Nonsense. If Bush were motivated by politics the way Clinton/Gore were, the Reserve would be opened tomorrow. But Bush understands the reason for having the SPR and will NOT bow to political pressure when it isn't in our interests. I could care less about the SPR.....it won't help us in this situation and Bush knows it. This is not a temporary spike. Get over it. The rest of the world pays an appropriate price for gasoline, why shouldn't we? And yet, you would scream bloody murder if the gov't raised the taxes on gas. We'll see how you feel if job growth continues to peter out.