Re: Excellent News - Bush Approval Slumps

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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.
Internal national debt is gauged by a negative deficit in services claimed to be provided through money gained by taxes and other money-gathering ventures undertaken by the federal government. Increasing the amount of services provided for your tax dollars is the only reasonable way to pay off an internal national debt. You cannot pay "money owed to the people" by taking more money from the people.

In other words, you have to increase governmental efficiency to 'pay off' the 'internal' portion of the national debt. How large the national debt really is, is also questionable. Do you gauge national debt by adding together decades of budget deficits and applying interest? Well, you can, but national economics are a bit more complex than personal economics.
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