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To: michael97123 who wrote (158363)	2/22/2005 12:17:22 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

, if a democrat had been president and then some republicans would be taking your current position. I have no doubt that is true. But that doesn't change my overall opinion that the Executive has little impact on the economy whether it's a Democrat or a Republican. And while there were a lot of good economic things that happened during the Clinton Administration, they had little to do with the Executive. All of what you say may be true but without the deficit spending/tax cut/low interest rage regimen, none of the good things would have happened. I specifically brought up the interest rate aspect, because the Executive has absolutely nothing to do with setting interest rates. That's the Fed [Greenspan]. And I think you can thank Greenspan for lowering the interest rates and I think you can throw stones at Greenspan for raising interest rates in the late 1990's to head off non-existent inflation. Other than that, all you've done is repeat your claim that it was Bush and you can't support it in any way. And if you repeat it a third or fourth or fifth time...it still doesn't make it true. jttmab

To: michael97123 who wrote (158363)	2/22/2005 12:38:47 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

if a democrat had been president and then some republicans would be taking your current position. Crazy isnt it. My personal favorite example of flipping is in regard to funding for America Corps. During the Clinton Administration the Republicans fought that program tooth and nail. Newt deleted one year and that was one of the reasons Clinton vetoed the appropriations bill and the funding for America Corps was reinstated. When Bush came in he submitted a proposal to double spending on the program and the Republicans gladly went along. It's my favorite example, because there's little emotion in the general public as to whether or not America Corps is a good or bad program. Feel free to cite your favorite Democratic "flip". jttmab