Re: Excellent News - Bush Approval Slumps

In article <MrS3f.2282$6l.1272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> > In article
> > <gmgraves-801739.10384614102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>In article
> >><DoNotSpamthegoat4-20A648.23244613102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> "B.B." <DoNotSpamthegoat4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>In article
> >>><gmgraves-898EF5.18295513102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>> George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>In article <11ku0hp5p7p0n9a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>>>John <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051013/pl_nm/bush_politics_dc
> >>>>
> >>>>OK, I'll bite, why is this excellent news? I mean the guy is a lame
> >>>>duck. He can't run again, so why should he (or you for that matter) give
> >>>>a flying fornicatore what his approval rating is? I could see getting
> >>>>excited about it if our system of Federal government allowed for recalls
> >>>>but it doesn't. In early 2009, Mr, Bush is HISTORY, until then, his
> >>>>approval rating could fall to double naughts and it wouldn't mean squat.
> >>>
> >>> It's good news because it means some of the people who were just way
> >>>the *** too stupid to catch on yesterday "got it" today. It's an
> >>>indication that at least 60% of the population still has some functional
> >>>neurons.
> >>
> >>That's specious at best.
> >>
> >>
> >>>>But I have to ask this one question: Is the US ready for the Clinton
> >>>>Bitch? Because we're going to get her.
> >>>
> >>> Fine by me. I'm not a huge fan, but I honestly believe she'll clean
> >>>up some of what Bush has royally fucked for the last few years.
> >>
> >>You don't know "fucked-up", and won't until you see what that bitch has
> >>in store. Higher taxes, socialized medicine for a start. Her idiot
> >>husband was a moderate compared to this left wing ***.
> >
> >
> > George, I think higher taxes are a given, regardless of who comes next.
> > This huge debt/deficit will have to be paid someday you know.
>
> You cannot pay off an internal debt through increased taxation. It's
> like paying off one credit card with another at the same interest rate.

This is an exceedingly silly claim. The government can certainly pay
down debt, both internal and external, through higher taxation. Please
explain what mechanism prevents this.

> The only way to pay off internal debt (the majority) is to increase
> governmental efficiency and drop the pork, which is never going to happen.

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