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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:03 PM

    @Carmina

    Am not defending anyone.

    Am just saying that clinton and FDR are responsible for all the fiasco today.

    Bush The Great tried hard to undo this by massive budget deficits that moved the surplus away from worthless poor (anyway humans are a renewable resource) and unwanted expenses like college subsidies (as if these morons get to be rocket scientists) or increasing social security(the old have done their job, now it is their job to die), to the more important people like halliburton, Lockheed & martin, Exxon (tax subsidies for working in hazard areas).

    HE also tried hard to jump-start an economy by starting wars all over so that unemployed people can sign to be killed, thus ending their misery quickly.

    HE also made sure the pillars of prosperity: oil companies, large corporates & banks continue to "enrich" USA by making sure the enviro-nuts are abolished, by providing more tax benefits to large corporates who move their HQs offshore (hmm... risk reduction), and bailouts to banks so that they can be "strong" enough to pay million dollars bonuses to their CEOs and boards to the extent they may jump start the economy by their spending.

    Lastly, HE tried very very hard to force social security to invest its huge money in stock market thus averting the crisis which his supreme intelligence had forseen, but was thwarted in his attempt by spineless democrats and the damned citizens.

    Damn Clinton and damn FDR.

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