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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.
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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.

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.

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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)...

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.

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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)...

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?

Jeff Rigby wrote:
... Does everyone on the left
have such bias that they can't think straight. DO they think the rest of us
are idiots?


No, we think the idiots are the people who believe in WMDs, "the
insurgency is on it's last legs," tax cuts for the rich stimulate the
economy (sure they do, after 5 years and huge increased gov't spending),
that the Vice President has a "right" to keep national policy meetings
totally secret, etc etc.

There are already many fascist governments in the world. Why don't you
people move there, instead of trying to change the United States?

DSK

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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?



Liebrals tend to be static thinkers......they think that any change in
policy.....tax, minimum wage etc, will not have any effect on the economy
except for the change itself......i.e. a tax hike will simply bring in more
$$$, a minimum wage hike will simply raise the standard of living for the
minimum wage earner.

Unfortunately for the liebrals, the economy is dynamic......if you raise
taxes on one segment, market forces will simply move the money to where it
is taxed less. Raise the minimum wage and you simply increase prices
across the board and or move jobs overseas where the labor is
cheaper..........freeze prices and suddenly "new" (repackaged, renamed)
products appear on the shelves with higher prices.

Only the brain dead left don't get it.

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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)...

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.


Nonsense.

The government can increase spending as much as it likes, as long as it
has the revenues to pay for it.

Increased spending alone, and tax cuts alone, do not create deficits.
Deficits result from the failure to balance income and outgo. If the
government wants to spend more money, it needs to collect *enough* more
money to cover the increased expenditure, (not just "some" more money).
If the government wants to decrease taxation, it needs to decrease
spending by as much or more than the tax cut.

I have stated many times that I don't have a problem with tax
cuts...provided they are coupled with spending cuts. What we have now
are tax cuts and spending increases.

Regardless of the excuses for increased spending, (invasion of Iraq,
sort of responding to hurricanes, etc)fiscal reality says that any
entity must generate enough income to cover the increased spending.

Take the NOYB household. Let's say you earn $400k a year from your
practice and take home $250k. (just a guess based on some dentists that
I know, don't be insulted.....). Mrs. NOYB runs the household on $240k
a year, so you've got enough left over for a week in the Bahamas once
in a while. The next year, Mrs. NOYB comes to you with a household
budget that calls for the expenditure of $350k, not $240k. You tell her
that will be fine because you expect your billings to go up 15% during
the year. Now you're earning $460k and taking home $300k so you can
claim that you have additional income, but the household spending (not
the lack of income) is going to put you in deep doo-doo before too many
years go by.