George Bush The Liberal!

[TheEnforcer]

Originally posted by -= JR =-@Dec 11 2002, 11:00 AM
RawAlex, first let me say that we all know you are a foreigner and forgive you for your missunderstanding of how our government works.

1) President does not make spending decisions for the country
- Congress does.

2) Congress WAS controlled by Democrats for most of the last century

3) the President cannot just unilaterally raise or lower taxes. it has to pass through the House and Senate too.

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Torone,

uhmmmm....

"Fact: Although the Libs will insist on seeing amd stating things in their usual terms (zero-sum economics); it is NOT that way. Take money out of the economy, it withers. The gov't CANNOT put money into the economy that it has not FIRST taken OUT of the economy."

you question "zero sum economics", then argue for the idea by saying its a zero sum system.

economies "grow" so by that fact alone, it can be said that you are wrong. the economy is not the same size today as it was 100 years ago. if that was true, we would all be getting poorer by dividing the same number of dollars by an increasing population.

the government can put money into the economy. without debating the finer points and theories of macro economics, i can simply say that the government is the people that actually print the money and decide how much to print and how much shall be circulated in the economy and world.

the government can also decide foreign trade policy (surplus/deficit)

the government can also give huge benefits and incentives to foreign investors to invest in the US... be it a new factory from Toyota or Mercedes or simply providing incentives for investing in financial markets.

and it goes on and on.

1)- The president has this little thing called veto power. It's a process JR and the president has his say. That's why any conservative who blames democrats for the Reagen budget deficits is HIGHLY misinformed at best. Especially given the fact he controlled 2/3 of the process for 6 of his 8 years in office. (senate was repub then)

2) see above

3) You are correct here.