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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 06:54 AM
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"Economy's going phenomenally well!
We mustn't raise taxes!" So says some jackass (Allan Hubbard, National Economic Council Director) on Washington Journal on C-Span.
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 06:56 AM
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1. well for halliburton, bechtel, exxon, et al
bad for everyone else.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 06:57 AM
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2. "...phenomenally well for Oil Republicans with Massive Tax Cuts" - BushCo
If you were rich, you would agree.
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Missy M Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:03 AM
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3. Tell that to the retail business when the Holidays come about and..
their sales are way down because people can't buy due to paying for record high gasoline and heating bills.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:19 AM
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10. I talked to one of my customers yesterday in the Midwest...
a jewelry store, and he said business is just awful. He's working off of old inventory and not buying anything unless it's a paid special order. Keep in mind that the vast majority of owners of small jewelry stores support Republicans because they, foolishly, think they're good for business. I hope this finally disabuses them of that notion.
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Missy M Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:29 AM
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11. I have never understood the mind set of small business owners....
thinking the Republicans are good for their businesses. For the most part small business is on their own with little or no help from the banking industry or government. Believe me I know because I am one.
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:58 AM
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13. Me, too.
My business has been sucky since 2001.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:04 AM
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4. 100% correct....depends on which side of the fence your on.
Halliburton/KBR,Bechtel,GE,Raytheon military,Exxon/Mobil,Conoco/Phillips,Rush Limbaugh...blah,blah.


Yep,the economy is going along just swimmingly for a certain crowd....
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:04 AM
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5. "The economy is teetering on recession..."
"So we can't raise taxes!"

For GOP dumb fucks, It's not social injustice, it's not terrorisn, it's not racism - TAXES are the greatest evil in the world.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:08 AM
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6. I swear..
... these folks were probably talking about the "great economy" in 1933. "It's only a flesh wound!"
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:11 AM
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7. Huh?
What is is with Republicans that they think that all they have to do is say something to make it so.
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niallmac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:15 AM
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8. It is so. It has always been so. INGSOC. n/t
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:17 AM
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9. The "liberal media" echo chamber
If Rush Limbaugh says it, then Faux News says it, then it's gospel - the rest have to catch up to the rhetoric - long before checking out any facts which might blow this out of the water.
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ktowntennesseedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:50 AM
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12. Whew!!! Thanks for the good news!
I had been really worried, what with oil instability, housing market bubble poised to burst any minute, prices going up faster than my paycheck, having to work two jobs, etc. But I'll sleep much better now, knowing that the wealthy won't have to pay more taxes! :sarcasm:
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