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To: JDN who wrote (19031)	4/3/2008 12:18:40 PM
From: pompsander	Respond to of 25737

One thing many young people are concerned about is that they see the lack of fiscal integrity our Country is living under and they are ready to accept "change" as a concept (never the mind that Obama and a Democratic congress would certainly raise taxes...but many young people see that an inevitable in their working lives anyway). This was one element of the Rom Paul revolution..the idea that both the democrats and republicans have gone start raving nuts on spending/revenue generation. The young people starting work know this can't go on forever. Big deficits do matter. Sooner or later the slam on the dollar forces interest rates higher. This will slow economic growth far worse than paying something more in taxes now to better balance things. But the anti-tax crowd don't seem to be bothered by deficits, the dollar swoon or the erosion in standard of living now being experienced. I do wonder how some of the folks on this thread think this problem will be solved. Everyone rails against tax increases but still want their Medicare, Social Security, Farm Subsidies, not to mention foreign police actions (off budget, I might add). Some of the young want "change" because it is different than what either the Clintons or the Republicans have provided them...which is the passing on to them a tremendous financial burden from this current generation. If we can't grow our way out of this mess tax increases will become inevitable no matter who is in power. Either that or cut spending so dramatically that the older generation will howl as their unfunded benefits are cut. Politicans won't do that....its a mess.

To: JDN who wrote (19031)	4/4/2008 1:12:57 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Re: "mesmerized by his oratory without realizing it actually SAYS nothing, at least nothing POSITIVE for America? Hitler had the same ability....' What politician's oratory actually SAYS anything substantive (when they are running for an office)? Did candidate Bush's 'oratory', when he was railing against public deficits, and federal over-spending, and railing against the very concept of 'nation-building'... and promising to be a 'compassionate conservative' (whatever the heck that bit of pleasing fluff was supposed to mean...), did HIS campaign oratory actually 'say anything' that allowed to to know which way he would jump when elected? <GGG>