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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (102322)	1/29/2009 11:01:39 AM
From: Paul Kern	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542013

Listen--I don't want us to have this debate. I want Congress to have it. You brought it up. And I think what is needed is for the states to live within their means---otherwise state politicians will always cave/pander to their voters with pork figuring the Feds will bail them out. Any help with state budgets should be tied to state constitutional amendments requiring a balanced budget. Just like the Feds got the drinking age raised to 21 among states that wanted Fed highway money (and they all did). How high unemployment rate would you like? 1)10% 2)20% 3)25% Would you prefer a really bad depression if it would defeat the Democrats two years? Oh, and one more thing, who pays your health insurance premium and could you afford health insurance if you were unemployed and had to pay it yourself. Is your job secure in a depression? Are you in favor of unemployment in the health care industry and why? Or are you just in favor of unemployment in all industries?