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Date Posted: 20:29:23 06/20/09 Sat
Author: Paul Davis
Subject: Just my own opinion
In reply to: Shirley 's message, "Re: Given the recent facts" on 16:25:12 06/20/09 Sat

What the US has done in Iraq and Afghanistan pretty well corrosponds to WWI in terms of expensive war - settled nothing. WWII was shortly followed by WWIII, and I think the case will be the same now. And in very short order, less than ten years from now.

And yes, I think there will be nukes used during this war, two to five per years. Think of the last year of WWII, played out over and over.

>Two facts that can't be overlooked. There has never
>been a tax cut during a time of war let alone two.
>Also, it was undfunded as have been all of Bush's
>mandates.
>
>Keep in mind, too, the wealthy get far more tax breaks
>that the average American. The same applies to
>businesses. How many times have we had proof that
>business and industries pay very low (if any) because
>of all the breaks they get?
>
>Signs are encouraging in that new starts in
>home/apartments are up 17% from a month ago.
>Unemployment levels are dropping but about half of
>that drop is due to unemployed maxing out unemployment
>benefits.
>
>We're seeing employment rising here but most of those
>jobs are in the green industry--not too many people
>trained in that. Here in the rust belt, the tonnage
>of steel sold continues to fluctuate--one week up,
>another one or two down. Most of the manufacturing
>jobs are related in one way or another to the steel
>industry.
>
>I'd be the first to agree that we need to cut spending
>but I think a lot can be done in that area by
>eliminating programs that are obsoleteand unnecessary.

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