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To: longnshort who wrote (62)9/2/2008 4:01:51 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 781
 
one shouldn't make comparisons to 50s. US had no competition back then, medical care wasn't a huge burden, and concept of "middle class standard of living" was much more modest than today.

Bush is way smarter then you.

OK, if you say so than it must be true.



To: longnshort who wrote (62)9/2/2008 4:54:57 PM
From: Peter V1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 781
 
"But idiots socialists and entitlement democrats have killed this country."

You mean entitlements like this one, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by your "fine" President?

en.wikipedia.org

Former US Comptroller General David M. Walker (part of the Bush administration) has called this "...probably the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s... because we promise way more than we can afford to keep."