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the fraud of bush economics - 1/20/2008 6:22:03 AM

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RE: the fraud of bush economics - 1/20/2008 6:35:58 AM

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How can $300 a head be giving out when each head owes 30k national debt?

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RE: the fraud of bush economics - 1/20/2008 8:00:05 AM

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As anybody who has ever read Adam Smith could have told you - it's all "free ride" economics, they have everybody convinced that the economy can grow without public investment, through magic apparently.

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RE: the fraud of bush economics - 1/20/2008 8:03:56 AM

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Im not one to click endlessly on the net- but this peice is well written and worth every click.

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RE: the fraud of bush economics - 1/20/2008 8:08:33 AM

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It's an accurate analysis - by any standard of measure, they've run the strongest economy in the world straight into the dirt.

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RE: the fraud of bush economics - 1/21/2008 12:29:23 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Amaros

As anybody who has ever read Adam Smith could have told you - it's all "free ride" economics, they have everybody convinced that the economy can grow without public investment, through magic apparently.

Good call, my friend.

In times such as these...instead of resting on the laurels of Von Hayek and Friedman....one should familiarize themselves with '' The Wealth of nations '' first.

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