THE ECONOMIST on Bush economy.

[Hieronymus]

The conservative ECONOMIST, who backed Bush in 2000, has harsh criticism for Bush on the debt incurred under his watch.
:bounce:

[otohara]

1. link? details?

would love to know more Hieronymus -

[Zo Zig]

2. YO

Hows about a little linkage, there my friend.

[On the Road]

3. The Economist Backed Bush?

Can't understand why if they're at all concerned about defecits. This was absolutely predictable.

The Financial Times said something like "Contrary advice is ignored. Theory is dismissed. Reason cuts no weight. But seeing the world's lone superpower destroy what is perhaps the world's most enviable fiscal position is something to behold."

[opihimoimoi]

4. Now that the National debt nears 7 trillion and when Bush leaves office in

05(?) it will be 8 trillion, we will be the largest debtor nation on Earth. This is not without price. Much of our GNP is going towards the interest and still more to come.

Bush is leaving a most horrible legacy. How he came to power sez bad about our existing system. We reap what we sow and if what we are sowing/reaping seems like noxious weeds, perhaps they are. A closer look is indeed warranted.

Come, we pick some mangos.

[Skittles]

7. hey opi

got any advice on how to cut/eat a freaking mango? I LOVE mangos but cannot buy them because of the sloppy mess I make while trying to eat them. :O

[Lindacooks]

8. How to cut a mango:

http://busycooks.about.com/library/lessons/blvegfruit3.htm

Scroll down the page about halfway.

[T_i_B]

5. Need link please

Given the Economists irrational loathing of all things Dean, I suspect that they may not be all that harsh.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Try this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=837323&mesg_id=837597&page=

"The political logic in all this is hard to fault. But turkeys, no less than slimmer poultry, eventually come home to roost. The full economic disaster of this one will probably not be apparent until after next year's election, since most of it will not come into effect until 2006. But people may begin to do the numbers before then. Whenever they do, it could be painful. For this hotchpotch of compromises provides neither a sensible drug benefit nor any real reform of the Medicare programme.
...
You could argue that, after presiding over double-digit increases in non-defence discretionary spending, Mr Bush already sounded pretty hollow talking about budget discipline. Post-Medicare “reform”, his rhetoric is a sham. When Americans see the consequences of the red ink and start to care again about the budget, the Republicans could pay a high political price."

[priller]

9. I've got news for them

Bush's rhetoric has always been a sham.

[Rainbows]

10. I hope your optimism is ...

well placed and we have until 06. A lot of us are afraid it could come apart at the seams a lot soooner, with the dollar devaluating daily, the banks, securities, and currency backed with nothing more than faith, confidence, and arrogance. If the petro dollar becomes the petro euro, we are history.

[citizen snips]

11. That is great.

Finally some like that is going up aginast Bush