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To: Paul Smith who wrote (34654)	11/17/2012 6:41:10 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I think you are erring by using the false, or at least, "massaged" unemployment stats This recession has been the worst since the GD, even worse than the early 80's.

To: Paul Smith who wrote (34654)	11/17/2012 6:59:53 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

"In 1937 things actually went backwards." Yup; he listened to the folks who said we needed to balance the budget, and it caused a relapse. A lesson in austerity still not learned. "FDR claim to fame is WW2". Among other things. washingtonpost.com

To: Paul Smith who wrote (34654)	11/17/2012 9:05:12 PM
From: Sdgla	Respond to of 85487

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” ? Alexis de Tocqueville