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Title: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: redmenace on January 26, 2006, 11:52:07 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600328.html  :yes:

And does something wrong
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast_26 :no:
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: redmenace on January 26, 2006, 11:59:32 pm
of course, they could have just not paid bush enough money.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: BlackDove on January 27, 2006, 12:02:13 am
How is the former good news again?
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: an0n on January 27, 2006, 12:18:28 am
Because it'll force US companies to get with the ****ing program, or go bankrupt.

If they sort their **** out, it'll help with the trade deficit.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 27, 2006, 12:31:35 am
I dunno, it kind of bothers me that the Pres. can make those kinds of decisions, esp. considering it sounds like it was a judicial matter in the Chrysler case...although that may be an issue with the article itself.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: Goober5000 on January 27, 2006, 12:44:48 am
Staying out of this is a good thing IMHO.

It bothers me that the government can step in and mess with the economy any time it wants to; in general, that's just asking for trouble.  We used to have nice regular cycles of boom-recession-boom-recession during the 1800s, but now that we've had a minimally-interrupted boom for 25 years I'm worried what will happen when the inevitable downturn comes.

That coupled with the fact that we have record debt and nobody saves any money anymore. :doubt:
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 27, 2006, 01:10:32 am
I just wish there was more emphasis on product and less on profit.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: Mefustae on January 27, 2006, 03:35:24 am
I just wish there was more emphasis on product and less on profit.
You, sir, are a Communist.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: IPAndrews on January 27, 2006, 04:11:28 am
I looked at this thread seeing the title and expecting to read he'd shot himself in the head.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: an0n on January 27, 2006, 12:39:02 pm
Or at leasted choked on another Pretzel.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: Mefustae on January 27, 2006, 08:36:50 pm
Or at leasted choked on another Pretzel.
Oh, don't remind me. Months of planning thwarted by a pat on the back!
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: aldo_14 on January 28, 2006, 12:17:28 pm
(http://sectorgame.com/aldo/aw/PRETZEL.jpg)
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: GodisanAtheist on January 30, 2006, 02:34:25 am
I hate how "Corporate Welfare" is ok but actually helping poor people is a waste of money because they're "lazy".
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: redmenace on January 30, 2006, 02:38:02 am
eh, most true conservatives hate all subsidies.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: aldo_14 on January 30, 2006, 04:31:34 am
eh, most true conservatives hate all subsidies.

....and all poor people.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: SadisticSid on January 30, 2006, 04:40:28 am
....and all poor people.

Nah. Just coal miners. Ooh, look at the parallel. :)
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: redmenace on January 30, 2006, 09:48:01 pm
eh, most true conservatives hate all subsidies.

....and all poor people.
A conservative may hate subsidies, but that doesn't mean that they hate the poor. It is possible for a conservative to donate money etc. to the poor and yet still think the Gov't doesn't have the right to levy negative taxation or subsidies. You, I think, seem to confuse Bush's Policies and the Republicans actions as being conservative when that is hardly the case.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: Goober5000 on January 30, 2006, 10:04:53 pm
I'm all for donating money to charity, the poor, etc. if they need it.  I just don't want the government to do it, because they invariably screw it up. :D
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: Grey Wolf on January 31, 2006, 01:37:12 pm
With the government handling it, there's inevitable waste, overhead, funds being diverted to other causes (see gasoline taxes), and investing in things that you yourself wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
Title: Re: Bush Actually Does Something Right!
Post by: Sandwich on February 02, 2006, 04:37:22 am
How is the former good news again?

How is the latter bad news again?