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Why do assume the gain is achieved illegally or irresponsibly?
Past performance by those like George and those who support him???
The video seemed to indicate the speech was presented to students and professors at SMU. At least he announced he was on their campus.
I was referring to the past performance of George Bush in business and many of his supporters.. like the Enron guys...
It seems to me had people paid attention to his track record in business.. the country might have tanked quite like it did when he and his buddies ran roughshod with the countries economic foundation
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Quote>You know damn well that would get you an "F" in contemporary politics. . . .No
>thinking for your self, you must only think what we tell you. Your teacher knows best.
Methinks you've been listening to too much Rush.
Just to be clear, this sub-thread came out of my comments on the National Academies report (post #77, this thread), and contrary to what some ignorant posters appear to believe based on what they have posted subsequent to that, the National Academies are NOT colleges or universities. Many members are in fact industrialists, physicians, surgeons, engineers, etc. The National Academies are very definitely non partisan, and were chartered by Congress.
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
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QuoteQuote>You know damn well that would get you an "F" in contemporary politics. . . .No
>thinking for your self, you must only think what we tell you. Your teacher knows best.
Methinks you've been listening to too much Rush.
Just to be clear, this sub-thread came out of my comments on the National Academies report (post #77, this thread), and contrary to what some ignorant posters appear to believe based on what they have posted subsequent to that, the National Academies are NOT colleges or universities. Many members are in fact industrialists, physicians, surgeons, engineers, etc. The National Academies are very definitely non partisan, and were chartered by Congress.
Just like NPR?
"There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
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kallend 2,151
Members of NPR are industrialists, physicians, surgeons, engineers, etc?
What evidence do you have of the partisanship of, say, the National Academy of Engineering or The Institute of Medicine?
What evidence do you have of the partisanship of, say, the National Academy of Engineering or The Institute of Medicine?
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Members of NPR are industrialists, physicians, surgeons, engineers, etc?
What evidence do you have of the partisanship of, say, the National Academy of Engineering or The Institute of Medicine?
My point is just because something is charted by congress doesn't make it non-partisan.
Government unions? Partisan.
NPR? Partisan.
and lost but not least, Institute of medicine? Who do you think stood in front of the president on the White House lawn dressed in lab coats pushing his health care bill? Not doctors from actual hospitals. They work in the real world and know what his plan will eventually do to the health care system.
When you need the naive and indoctrinated, look no further than a college campus.
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I don't. Someone can get a huge house with a big ARM mortgage without doing anything illegal. A broker can trade on margin without doing anything irresponsible. Eating too much is neither immoral nor irresponsible. Madoff didn't start _out_ doing anything illegal.
Doesn't mean any of them are good ideas. The best ideas are often pretty boring - don't spend more than you make, eat sensibly and exercise, save money for the future. They also don't get you 4% growth.
How do you get 4%+ growth personally? Invest in risky markets. Buy a massive house, flip it, and then buy an even more massive house. Trade on margin.
How do you get 4% growth in the GDP? Spend on public works projects to get employment up. Spend on wars to get access to resources. Cut taxes to stimulate business. Cut down every forest we have, drain every well dry, empty every mine we have. In other words, do what we've been doing to rack up trillions in debt, just more so.
So the question you have to ask yourself is - is it worth it in the long run? Or should the goal be long term stability and sustainability, with a more reasonable level of growth?
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