I think Bush's economics go beyond voo-doo economics into the realm of stupid economics...

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... .html">Job loss GOOOOD!!!</a>

I think Bush's economics go beyond voo-doo economics into the realm of stupid economics...</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Here's the kicker....Democrats and Republicans don't create jobs. Economics will do what it does regardless of who's in power.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Neither Bush or any in his administration gives an reasoning behind why moving jobs overseas is a good thing.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>But, yes, I don't credit Clinton for the economy during his time, and I don't blame Bush for the current economy. However, I do think his reaction is inapproriate.</div>

[Ganath]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>The economy is also a little crazy sometimes. I remember when the Dow dropped several hundred just because they heard Bush won the election in 2000. Bunch o' fickle mofos working over there.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Actually, it went up.</div>

[Ganath]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>No, it went down. I was watching C-SPAN the morning after the news came out that Bush won, and the stock market promptly dropped several hundred points from that very peice of news. Of course, it did recover by the end of the day and then some, maybe that's what you're talking about.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Well...of course. It's what you have left at the end of the day that everyone looks at. Unless you're a Dem. =8^)</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Really? I guess Reagan's huge spending didn't have an effect on the economy, right? I guess Bush Sr. wasn't forced to raise taxes, right?</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>That's what happens when you have a stock market based on "emotions" and "gut feelings".</div>

[Ganath]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, I was just talking about how insanely fickle they get over on Wall Street. Stocks can rise or drop dozens of points merely because someone farted, I swear.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Someone farted? Shit! [dumps all of his stock]</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulp ... tml">Brain drain = bad...</a>

It helps the top end execs who put him in office of course. :) It should be "interesting" to see what affect the brain drain has on the US in the long term. Bob Cringely has a very interesting, if scary, take on it...</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>The 80's was an economic boom. I remember, you don't.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Exactly, thanks to Carter. Economic progress is the result of the previous administration.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Actually, Reagan pushed for more military technology and that made a huge impact on the tech industry. Bush Sr halted the spending, sending a lot of companies stocks to plummet. And just when it began to pick up, Clinton took over. You can thank the Republicans again (aswell as preserving the Union)</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Alan Greenspan - he could sneeze and stocks for cold medicine will shoot out the roof. Someone offers him coffee and he says "No thanks" coffee stocks stumble around teh world. He is the world's Economy Wizard.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>No, I'll just thank Bush for that, not the entire Republican party, and I knew that anyway. Clinton was praised for Bush Sr.'s economy recovery, though Clinton made sure it stayed that way. Three months after Bush Jr. gets elected, the budget goes downhill from there.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Aye.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>As simple as I can put in one line : Surplus = taxing more than the gov't uses. Deficit = Taxing less than the gov't uses. Bush will have to raise taxes if he's re-elected. Coz war is expensive.</div>

[Ganath]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Literally. One innocent comment from him could cause a company to have all of it's stock dumped or bought.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Exactly...which is why it's crazy to even think about tax cuts when the govt is in a MAJOR deficit. I'd much rather have no tax cuts than the tax -rate- raised.</div>