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To: tejek who wrote (275795)	2/21/2006 9:54:56 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576663

"Are you serious? You think there are only two choices?" Artificial binary choices are the life blood of this administration. So why are you surprised?

To: tejek who wrote (275795)	2/21/2006 2:51:45 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576663

Ted, Are you serious? You think there are only two choices? No, I never said that. It was just a response to your statement, "There is no definitive proof that trickle down economics works." I once thought "trickle-down economics" never worked, either. Later I discovered that the phrase is kind of derogatory and misrepresents the whole point of supply-side economics: to grow the entire pie so that everyone's slice of the pie gets bigger. Anyway, I'm definitely not a free-market purist. But if we're going to use government policies to shape and influence any aspect of the economy, it better be limited and with clear goals spelled out. Too often I see a bunch of government policies and programs that are well-intentioned at the beginning, but turn into a boondoggle or a loophole to be taken advantage of by opportunists. As for the gov't spending, I am talking very little increased spending.........but rather fast tracking projects that have already been approved so that they go into development quickly........could be construction projects or the buying of buses or rail cars. Expenditures that result in an immediate stimulus either to manufacturing or construction. I am all for this, but IMO the real problem isn't the spending, but the huge-ass bureaucracies in all layers of government which makes things run extremely inefficiently. And all those bureaucratic agencies are there for one purpose and one purpose only: preserving themselves and their funding. Like I told Z when he mentioned that he started contributing money to politics, if I see some candidate who can be trusted to bust up these bureaucracies, my money will go there. Tenchusatsu