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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (15166)	9/19/2007 2:09:26 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 224749

You named two issues you care about - healthcare and trade. And you identified Bill Clinton as a great Prez and hope Hillary can be like him. Well, lets remember her idea of healthcare during Bill's Presidency couldn't get adopted with a Democratic controlled Congress and Senate with a Democratic President guaranteed to sign it. Is she going to have a better health care plan this time? Ignoring above the question whether any further govt health care plan will be good for the country. Then trade - you deplore trade with China and India, but your idea of a great President, Clinton, certainly had no problem with it -considering the scandals involving contributions sourced to Chinese interests abroad, its no wonder. Oh wait, Hillary has just started running and she has one of those contribution scandals already. Do you seriously think Hillary will do anything to change our trade policy? Again the above ignores the issue of whether we should. Maybe you should think about those issues some more.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (15166)	9/19/2007 4:06:39 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224749

Agreed that Adam Smith's "Common Sense" cannot be applied to 21stC globalization, although the capitalist fundamentalists like Kudlow insist that the 18thC economic theory is still relevant. Bill Clinton knew he had to adopt Republican economic policies in order to get elected. His worst decision was forcing NAFTA on the country--we continue to feel the negative effects of that agreement, including the recent threat of Mexican trucks on US highways. Considering NAFTA's failure to produce more American jobs, or any of the other benefits promised by Bill Clinton, would it be wise to again entrust our families' futures to another Clinton? >We have reached a point with a few issues like healthcare and trade deficit where we as knowledgable americans need to seriously RETHINK the government agenda, including a lot of republican economic theories which I supported 10years ago but am now having second thoughts.<