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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (458117)	2/20/2009 3:24:16 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573922

Cause you know, he's smarter than Bush, so he obviously can fix this mess! URRITE.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (458117)	2/20/2009 5:59:00 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573922

>You have no idea how many times the expansion of government was justified with that false dilemma. "You like roads, don't you? Law enforcement? Schools? Driver's licenses?" >Those who make that argument then pat each other on the back for successfully deploying that logical fallacy in this pissing match. I'm confused. How is that a logical fallacy? Really, only government can provide those things! -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (458117)	2/20/2009 6:04:00 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573922

You have no idea how many times the expansion of government was justified with that false dilemma. "You like roads, don't you? Law enforcement? Schools? Driver's licenses?" You are addressing this thing as if we were in normal times...c'mon...this is not budgeting as usual. Here these works are being promoted as a way to keep people working who might otherwise be on the dole anyway and to try to create a positive economic momentum ... this damn downturn is mostly psychological anyway... Al