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Don't know as I can disagree with some of your sentiments here. However, Romney has proven he can't run his own state without grinding their financial stability into the ground. I don't think he'd be all that much better running a whole country.<br><br>Don't like Obama for a NUMBER of reasons but can't say I like the Clintons any better. On that scoreboard, neither candidate seems like a good choice.<br><br>I may be a might off here, but in recent history at least, hasn't a republican been in office every time we face a recession or actually gone into one? Certainly, every time we've faced going to war, seems like a repub has been in the lead. Usually, war times see an increase in production and jobs in this country but that has totally not been the case this time around. Say what you will about the Dems, but they do seem able to drag this country out of or off the brink of recession every time they come into office after a repub has put us in the bad spot.<br><br>Gas prices may be going lower lately; however, they go up at $.10 a pop and down at only $.1 a week or day at a time. Seems like we are being placated so as to think, mayhaps, that things are getting better when in fact they aren't. (Hear about the gas dealer who was shut down because he "undersold" his gas at a rocking $2.29/gal? Fuel companies were totally not happy with him about that one.) That's what seems to be happening with these "tax rebates" that are supposed to stimulate the economy - still don't understand how that is supposed to work. And cutting corporate taxes is only going to put more burden on the families who carry the lion's share of that anyway. Don't see how reducing their (the corps) input is going to help anyone but the corps. Just what they need - more reasons not to pay their fair share.<br><br>Over-buying seems like the thing to do in the 2000's....seems like we have our own example of such in Moscow....anyone renting the Howard Hughes building yet? Or seen development on the Mt. View property going anywhere? And just how is that new garage on N Polk going - not that its supposed to be going anywhere, seeing how a permit for it has yet to be approved. Oh well.<br><br><br>J :]<br><br><br><blockquote><hr>From: jampot@roadrunner.com<br>To: lfalen@turbonet.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:53:03 -0800<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Stimulus package<br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Goodness knows I'm not particularly well grounded
in economics but if it's my two cents you'll settle for, here goes.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 1. Forget about the Santa Claus nonsense. The
rebates are a feel good measure that will do nothing to stimulate the economy in
any meaningful way. (however, returning tax dollars to actual tax payers IS
a more reasonable action then simple welfare and pork barrel spending
as proposed by the clintocrats.)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 2. Make the Bush tax cuts permanent. The
threat of what amounts to a looming tax hike makes many small business's uneasy
and puts a damper on job growth and capital improvements.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 3. Reduce the corporate tax rate by a minimum
of 12 to 16% making American business's more competitive with our overseas
counterparts.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 4. Come up with a real plan to get a handle on
entitlement spending. Privatization struck me as a good start but the ultimate
solution certainly escapes my pea sized brain.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 5. Stop bailing out the stupid. If financial
institutions made ill advised loans or home owners took advantage of a risky
loan to buy more house then they could afford, let them suffer the consequences
of their actions. Rewarding dumb encourages more.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 6. Make it through the upcoming elections
without putting a free spending democrat of any flavor in the White House for
what should be obvious reasons. Elect someone with at least a shred of economic
sense. Of the remaining viable candidates, Romney strikes me as the best able to
put the country back on less shaky economic footing provided he
doesn't face the same Congressional sabotage that GW did. (fat
chance)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Step 7. (should probably be #1) Do everything
humanly possible to cut spending and reduce the size of government. Again,
obvious reasons, same skepticism.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Simple, aye?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">From: "lfalen" <</font><a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">lfalen@turbonet.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">To: <</font><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">vision2020@moscow.com</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:43
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Subject: [Vision2020] Stimulus
package</font></div></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br><font size="2"></font></font></div><font face="Arial" size="2">>I would like to see an analysis of the Economic Stimulus Package by
those who read vision200 who are grounded in economics. I like the idea of
tax reduction, but am not impressed with the rebates.<br>> Roger<br>>
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