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To: combjelly who wrote (290433)	6/8/2006 2:00:16 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1571735

If tax rates were so important, then why did the economy do so well during the 1950s and 1960s when the rates were much higher? because the disaster called "the great society" hadn't created our current welfare state yet?

To: combjelly who wrote (290433)	6/12/2006 2:42:09 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571735

I own a few TX companies and have been listening to their CCs. Is there more than one accent in TX? Some on the CCs sound like Bush; the rest have a different accent.......the accent is softer....easier to understand. The state is so large........I thought there might be variations on the accent.

To: combjelly who wrote (290433)	7/12/2006 4:31:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571735

Partially for the reason Steve Harris said, (and not just less government programs, there was also less regulation on business back then, in many ways government was less intrusive), but also most likely for many reasons that have little to do with the current government policies. Strong implementation of the wrong government policies can really screw up economic growth, but even the best policies can't insure it. Growth comes from the private sector not the government.