Reply #40: With Bush in office, nothing.

[El Pinko]

He has shown himself to be completely hostile to any sort of meaningful economic reform - just more of the same, borrow and spend and cut taxes for the rich.

When the new democratic president takes office, we will be in the throes of a severe recession that will be getting worse by the day. It will take a total withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a scaling back in some other places we have people stationed, a large cutback in standing troop levels and weapons procurement, and a huge reinvestment in renewable clean energy and rebuilding our infrastructure (hopefully in a way that will complement new clean-energy vehicles). IT needs to be as high a priority as the space program in the 60s - I think doing so will put millions to work in the early stages and produce huge economic benefits later, as well as inspire confidence from the rest of the world that we can do something constructive and forward thinking OTHER than pointless wars and gambling on houses and then using them as ATMs.