Bush says sacrificed free-market principles to save economy

[DogPoundPup]

Bush said in an interview Tuesday he was forced to sacrifice free market principles to save the economy from "collapse."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081216/pl_afp/financeeconomyusbush;_ylt=AsjFc097dv7q8V.O0_MWVs3v5rEF

"yeh, see...it's called drowning the U.S. govt. in a bathtub, full of blood BTW...heh, heh, heh"

[Gman]

1. The so-called "free market principles" of the RW are more ideology than economics

laissez faire to the point of letting lobbyists persuade the government that the banks should continue to make terrible loans by not even finding out if someone has a job is irresponsible. Allowing banks to police theirselves and actually believing they will do it is ideology, not economics.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Come on January 20th!

It just can't get here soon enough.

[bdamomma]

7. I wish it was January 19th now.

[madrchsod]

3. he` does`t have a clue does he.....

he`s one of the worse leaders of an empire in history.

[northofdenali]

4. Worked for him so far, hasn't it?

Free market my ass.

[AndyA]

5. Hey George, you stupid, stupid putz:

Did it ever occur to you that those "free market principles" you are so fond of might not work?

In fact, open your f*cking eyes and look at what your free market has brought on the world. Economic collapse. Huge deficits. A budget spiraling out of control. Loss of American jobs.

Your free market has been at work for how long now? If it's so great, why isn't it working? Why is unemployment so high? Why can no one afford to buy anything?

The facts, George Bush, bely your beliefs. Not that you ever look at facts anyway. The free market philosophy is DEAD. It doesn't work. It's been tried, and it's a failure. Which is an area you, personally, are VERY FAMILIAR with.

FAILURE = it's what you do best.

P.S., Your principles, morals, ethics, values, and standards SUCK.

[Selatius]

6. Do those principles include the notion that less regulation is considered better regulation?

If it is, then Bush should've sacrificed those principles on day one. It is precisely because of no regulation that the credit crisis was born.

[zbdent]

8. Bush sacrificed economy to save "free market" ideology ...