Re: The Fall of America, INC. by Francis Fukuyama, Newsweek, 10/13/2008

Buz <Buz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
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Rod Speed <rod.speed....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
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Rod Speed <rod.speed....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
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Here is an article on Newsweek, October 13, 2008 stating that the current economic crisis marks the end of an
era. A very well written article.

Very superficial, actually, most obviously ignoring the deficits
that were the result of Vietnam and what Raygun got up to with
SDI etc. In spades when he just ignores the effect Vietnam had on how much notice that the rest of the world took
of US policy.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162401

In case you didn't notice, Vietnam war ended long BEFORE Reagan took office.

Irrelevant to Fukayama ignoring the effect the Vietnam war had on world attitudes to US policy.

Instead of reducing the war debt, Reagan doubled it in 8 years

So Fukayama's comments on deficits missed the point utterly
when there were massive deficits as a result of the Vietnam war.

and left it to the future society to suffer the consequences, that's us.

The only real 'consequences' 'suffered' was that you lot get to pay the interest on that debt.

Its distinctly arguable how much effect the reduced taxation
that produced the increase in the deficit had on the economy
that boomed thru the time after Raygun had got the bums rush.

It is simply wrong to describe the original article as "superficial"

Nope.

-- If A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H cause Y, and the author's analysis
mentioned A,B,C,D,E,F,G, then it is good but "imperfect"
since very few things in the universe is truly perfect.

He didnt even say that anything causes anything. He made some
very superficial comments about WHEN the US had deficits.

And was stupid enough to imply that it was mostly Republicans that had had those too.

I don't think he's stupid.

That was a sarcastic comment, stupid.

He was less than honest and probably angling for some post in the Obama administration.

Very likely. Tho its rather stupid to do that in the present circumstances.

If his analysis mentioned A only, then it is "superficial" since it missed most of the key points.

Pity he didnt even say that anything causes anything. He made
some very superficial comments about WHEN the US had deficits.

You simply don't know how to use words properly.

You cant even manage to work out what I was actually saying. Twice.


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