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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 09:57 AM Original message |
Why We Didn't Crash |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. There is truth to that, but it's a short-sighted pr issue. Long term, it will be good for Obama |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. According to my husband and son, Asia is back on track and Europe is |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's the same reason why the "Bush kept us safe" meme didn't work for Republicans.... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Can't quite agree. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. I disagree......... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. $18K that is insane & criminal. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. But he could get sick and use it up next month. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. more... |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is a big problem, IMO. All the righties will hate Obama no matter what, of course... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm not ready to say "it worked" but... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Canada had the same fight as well, we didn't get universal health care in .... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. It is not them profiting that is the problem - it is them profiteering. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. "Things could have been a whole lot worse" is EASY to sell... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sounds like bankers will be asking for another $750B soon. nt |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Before the $700 Billion Bank Bailout passed, the supporters didn't argue... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. "8 years without a terrorist attack." I guess the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan worked! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. . |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. If the economy and job market does improve...? |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. Only "The Right Sort of People" Didn't Crash--Out Here in the Real World, We Did |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. When was unemployment the true measure of a recession? |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I Meant More Like Gov't Statistics and Commonsense Perception of the Economy |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The fruits of that GDP growth were distributed much more fairly when you went to school. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. Roubini predicts a possible double dip recession n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. They also refuse to say where the money went. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. His "stimulus" plan was too thoroughly gutted in his quest for bipartisanship to do much of anything |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is a really murky issue. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Re:Ravi Batra |
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