On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:43:49 -0400, DSK wrote:

John H. wrote:
Wow, nice spin Chuck! I was wondering how y'all would turn that into a negative.


Let's see now, what's happened he

The huge projected deficit might not be as huge as once thought.
The Bush/Cheney Cheerleaders have proclaimed that this is wonderful,
fantastic news, all is rosy forever, and it *PROVES* that President
Bush's economic policy (ie cut taxes, jack spending way way up) WORKS
(just like it worked for Reagan, which it actually didn't).

Others point out the fact that 1- the possibly decreased deficit is
still huge, and that's bad... 2- it hasn't happened yet, nobody knows
for sure if the deficit will be less than projected.

You then accuse us of being negative.

Golly gee, JohnH, if the facts are 'negative' then doesn't that say
something about your anointed leader's policies right there?

DSK

So the news was really *bad* news? Suppose the deficit evaporated overnight.
Would that be *really* bad news?

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD

John H. wrote:
So the news was really *bad* news? Suppose the deficit evaporated overnight.
Would that be *really* bad news?


I didn't say the news was bad.

I said- it hasn't happened yet, so nobody knows for sure AND- the Bush
Administration has poured out so much gov't cashola that sooner or
later, it *has* to accelerate the money-go-round... most economists have
been surprised it's taken this long (if it is in fact happening). Them's
the facts.

OTOH the standard for the Bush Administration: economy sucks, yell about
terrorism terrorism Iraq terrorism... oh wait terrorism is up and Iraq
has turned into the expensive bloody quagmire they warned us about...
let's talk about the economy.

Works for some, eh JohnH?

DSK

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:08:35 -0400, DSK wrote:

John H. wrote:
So the news was really *bad* news? Suppose the deficit evaporated overnight.
Would that be *really* bad news?


I didn't say the news was bad.

I said- it hasn't happened yet, so nobody knows for sure AND- the Bush
Administration has poured out so much gov't cashola that sooner or
later, it *has* to accelerate the money-go-round... most economists have
been surprised it's taken this long (if it is in fact happening). Them's
the facts.

OTOH the standard for the Bush Administration: economy sucks, yell about
terrorism terrorism Iraq terrorism... oh wait terrorism is up and Iraq
has turned into the expensive bloody quagmire they warned us about...
let's talk about the economy.

Works for some, eh JohnH?

DSK

So it was good news. Thanks.

Don't need a rant on the whole world. The subject was a decrease in the deficit.

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD