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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (18903)5/17/2024 12:30:02 AM
From: sandeep  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 27178
 
Who is fit for office?
1. Biden is too old to be prez. He still wants it.
2. Trump, as you said, unfit for office.
3. Obama - could have done a lot better.
4. Bush - was Iraq war worth it?
5. Clinton - was bj eorth it?
6. GHWB - I think was good but a little out of touch.
7. Reagan - probably was senile by the time he left. I think he was over the hill by 1982 - his speeches feel like he was.
8. Carter - Iran?
9. Ford - too many head injuries as a footballer.
10. Nixon - everything is a gate now!
11. LBJ - Vietnam?
12. Kennedy - come on man!

I think that every one of the presidents after tv became a thing were awful. There were no good choices. And probably the same before. I think Lincoln was the last good choice - but that was because of the times we were living in. And before that Jefferson and Washington before that. All on Mount Rushmore. Theodore R is there too. I think he is questionable.



To: Sun Tzu who wrote (18903)5/20/2024 11:02:04 PM
From: Sr K  Respond to of 27178
 
It was Ben Bernanke who in 2008-9 initiated the helicopter money.

Possibly Henry Paulson.

When he started the Stress Test 2008 he said all 18-19 banks needed stronger balance sheets, and every one had to sign the term sheet, and borrow. Even the ones who didn't need the money.

So one said, "we don't need it". Every one had to take it so no one would know who didn't need it.