Re: The draft is here, boys and girls will become cannonfodder as GWB's constant wars turn USA into a scientologist Starship Troopers' nightmare. Run for Canada now!

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:14:35 +0000 (UTC)

Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal@org.trash) wrote:
: On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:59:47 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: echomko_at_@polaris.umuc.edu (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: >: >: >Yeah, IOW, "Bush's economy isn't so bad, we've had much worse."
: >: >: >THAT is yet another distraction.
: >: >
: >: >: No, it's reality. The economy is as good as it was in 1996 when Bill
: >: >: Clinton was reelected.
: >: >
: >: >
: >: >And your indicators for that are?
: >
: >: Unemployment, inflation, growth rate.
: >
: >All at Herbert Hoover levels except inflation.

: Eric, why do you insist on flaunting your historical ignorance every
: day? Unemployment was twenty percent during the depression. Growth
: rates were negative. Today's rates are comparable to what they were
: in 1996.

You wish that were true. Tell me how much better your IRA is now compared
to back in 1996 when we actually balanced the budget.

Are you saying that today's deficits are not the highest ever? And the
surplus from the late 90s to today's deficits are NOT the largest
percentage swing WRT government revenue in any similar time period?

Before going ad hominem, which is why you will NEVER be taken seriously on
a large stage, you'd be better off to check your facts and keep your ego
in check.

Eric

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