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Top Ten Reasons Bush is Not Hitler 10. Hitler was renowned for his public speaking abilities. 9. When Hitler came to power, he actually improved his country's economy. 8. Before he revoked elections, Hitler actually was elected; and after Hitler formed his evil cabinet, he told them what to do. 7. Hitler was a self-made man. 6. When Germany called Hitler to battle in WWI, he actually showed up. 5. Hitler was a Nazi Dictator, and he never tried to dress himself up as a fighter pilot, or working class rancher. 4. Hitler never claimed to actually respect Jews, Blacks, Gays, Gypsies, Atheists, or the Disabled. (After Hitler formed his evil cabinet, he told them what to do.) 3. When Hitler invaded countries, he never pretended he did it because they were going to attack his country. Disclaimer on # 3: While technically true, he did claim that German citizens in other countries were 'threatened' by the politics, leaders and philosophies of host countries. 2. Hitler was actually pretty damn competent at invading other countries. And the #1 reason that Bush is Not Hitler... 1. When Hitler had finally succeeded at screwing up the planet and destroying his own country, he at least had the common courtesy to blow his own sick, twisted brains out. So no, my moderately liberal friends, Bush falls far short of Hitler in many respects. Thank God. ] |
"Dixon" wrote in message ... [ Top Ten Reasons Bush is Not Hitler 10. Hitler was renowned for his public speaking abilities. 9. When Hitler came to power, he actually improved his country's economy. 8. Before he revoked elections, Hitler actually was elected; and after Hitler formed his evil cabinet, he told them what to do. 7. Hitler was a self-made man. 6. When Germany called Hitler to battle in WWI, he actually showed up. 5. Hitler was a Nazi Dictator, and he never tried to dress himself up as a fighter pilot, or working class rancher. 4. Hitler never claimed to actually respect Jews, Blacks, Gays, Gypsies, Atheists, or the Disabled. (After Hitler formed his evil cabinet, he told them what to do.) 3. When Hitler invaded countries, he never pretended he did it because they were going to attack his country. Disclaimer on # 3: While technically true, he did claim that German citizens in other countries were 'threatened' by the politics, leaders and philosophies of host countries. 2. Hitler was actually pretty damn competent at invading other countries. And the #1 reason that Bush is Not Hitler... 1. When Hitler had finally succeeded at screwing up the planet and destroying his own country, he at least had the common courtesy to blow his own sick, twisted brains out. So no, my moderately liberal friends, Bush falls far short of Hitler in many respects. Thank God. You forgot: Bush gets to shape the future of his country by selecting 2 Supreme Court judges. :-) |
You forgot: Bush gets to shape the future of his country by selecting 2 Supreme Court judges. :-) Would that Bush left no other fingerprints on the future of the country. Aside from fulfilling his pledge to cut taxes for the richest Americans, I struggle to think of a single thing he has attempted that he hasn't screwed up. It will take a generation or more to recover, fiscally, from his imcompetant lack of oversight for federal spending. We may never return to the point where our civil liberties are presumed and granted by the Constitution, rather than doled out at a whim and in restricted measures by members of the temporarily ruling party. Our government is bigger than it has ever been, our budget is the most out of whack it has ever been, and the "nose of the camel" is under the tent in a gradual erosion of individual liberties that will make it easier for our bigger, more invasive, more costly government to run roughshod over the populace and suppress dissent. Darn shame that his war on terror really turned out to be a war on democracy, and a lot less successful than his war on the environment. Good going, George. When we run out of oil, take a coil of wire and a couple of magnets out to where one of the strict constitutionalist founders is buried. I'm sure we can light half the country on the juice we can generate as he is spinning in his grave. |
The economy is very strong, if you have not noticed. Growing at a steady rate. Tax cuts did this (all while tax receipts are up too)... |
Dan J.S. wrote: The economy is very strong, if you have not noticed. Growing at a steady rate. Tax cuts did this (all while tax receipts are up too)... That's ridiculous. The economy moves into and out of recession without tax cuts. Prior to GWB's tax cut, how many recessions subsided *without* any tax cuts? Plenty. Right now our government is like a couple of hillbillies who accidentally acquire $200,000 in credit cards. As they're spending each card to the max and hauling home truck loads of useless consumer junk, they can't believe how "rich" they suddenly are. If tax receipts are up, government spending is up far, far, far more. Train wreck, dead ahead. |
wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: The economy is very strong, if you have not noticed. Growing at a steady rate. Tax cuts did this (all while tax receipts are up too)... That's ridiculous. The economy moves into and out of recession without tax cuts. Prior to GWB's tax cut, how many recessions subsided *without* any tax cuts? Plenty. Right now our government is like a couple of hillbillies who accidentally acquire $200,000 in credit cards. As they're spending each card to the max and hauling home truck loads of useless consumer junk, they can't believe how "rich" they suddenly are. If tax receipts are up, government spending is up far, far, far more. Train wreck, dead ahead. Tax receipts *are* up. Which means that from now on it will be awfully hard for Democrats to whine that tax cuts cause deficits. Increased spending...from wars, and military build-ups, and natural disasters...cause deficits. But not tax cuts. |
Right now our government is like a couple of hillbillies who
accidentally acquire $200,000 in credit cards. As they're spending each card to the max and hauling home truck loads of useless consumer junk, they can't believe how "rich" they suddenly are. Sounds like John Q. American to me...... |
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Dan J.S. wrote:
The economy is very strong, if you have not noticed. Growing at a steady rate. Tax cuts did this (all while tax receipts are up too)... Do you believe in the Easter Bunny too? A *tremendous* increase in gov't spending has booted the economy somewhat... after a significant lag (about 3 years)... and is a lower marginal gain per deficit dollar than observed in history. DSK |
"NOYB" wrote in message nk.net... wrote in message oups.com... Dan J.S. wrote: The economy is very strong, if you have not noticed. Growing at a steady rate. Tax cuts did this (all while tax receipts are up too)... That's ridiculous. The economy moves into and out of recession without tax cuts. Prior to GWB's tax cut, how many recessions subsided *without* any tax cuts? Plenty. Right now our government is like a couple of hillbillies who accidentally acquire $200,000 in credit cards. As they're spending each card to the max and hauling home truck loads of useless consumer junk, they can't believe how "rich" they suddenly are. If tax receipts are up, government spending is up far, far, far more. Train wreck, dead ahead. Tax receipts *are* up. Which means that from now on it will be awfully hard for Democrats to whine that tax cuts cause deficits. Increased spending...from wars, and military build-ups, and natural disasters...cause deficits. But not tax cuts. Running a business I try to maximize profits by choosing a cost for product that will bring in the most revenue. Taxes should be treated the same way but should be "calculated" to do the least damage to the economy but bring in the NEEDED monies. A well thought out tax cut WILL stimulate the economy but will it stimulate it enough to more than pay back the costs that the tax cut created in the governments revenue. In this case YES. Capital gains taxes of 30% depress the economy. Capital gains taxes of 10% stimulate the economy. Somewhere between the 10 and 30 percent figures is the amount that will bring in the most revenue. In the figures from the IRS are the volume of tax revenue generated with each of the incremental tax breaks (capital gains taxes were slowly dropped over 5 years). Some one can look at those numbers and come up with a recommendation for congress for a final figure for capital gain taxes. Now why do I always hear from the left that the rich were given a tax break by Bush? He did it to stimulate the economy! Does everyone on the left have such bias that they can't think straight. DO they think the rest of us are idiots? |
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