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Cynicism
"Question: Would you put is past Bush to increase the severity of the recession so that it lasts well into he next administration, giving the Republicans a chance to regain power after a 1-term Democratic presidency? Is that thought way too cynical?"
Not cynical enough. Bush and the neo-cons (who are no more than puppets of the plutocracy) have been playing "starve the beast" for years. They deliberately waste a trillion on a war to enrich their cronies and rack up an enormous budget deficit so by the time they leave office there is no money left for middle class benefits like universal health care and good schools. It is a war between the rich elite and the working middle class. The rich are winning...