Dan J.S. wrote:
I agree that we are spending too much. I honestly do.

And yet, you seem to be insisting that Bush/Cheney & Co are managing the
country well.

... Is the war in Iraq
necessary, I don't know. Should we support the troops that are there, hell
yeah (so yes, i am basically contradicting my first sentence).

Not really. There is a big difference between supporting (ie believing &
cheering) the person(s) who started the war & are profiting from it; and
supporting the people who are ordered to go fight it.


... However,
there are a few things in place that will pay down this debt. Keep in mind,
when we came out of WWII, it was the best decade the U.S. has seen.

That is a lie. There was a pretty serious recession & unemployment
problems in 1945 & '46. However, a lot of people on your side will tell
you that FDR was a horrible incompetent traitor and the New Deal 'didn't
work' so I suppose it's a relatively minor quibble.

... I do
not believe that the U.S. is anywhere close to bankruptcy

I don't either, but we're racing towards it and we have to stop at some
point.

... and I am hoping
that the administration will use the proceeds from oil sales in Iraq to pay
some of it down.

How? The oil fields are not producing and any potential profits are
being sucked up by hiring new security forces while failing to rebuild
infrastructure as fast as the insurgents blow it up.


... We are also seeing things on the business side that are
moving. This year has been one of the best years for venture capital.

After 5 years, don't you think it's about time???

DSK