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Originally Posted by Pineedles
They are still putting pork onto the economic stimulus package.
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Yes, on both sides of the aisle - although the Republicans are doing a better job spinning Democratic pork, they have their own fair share - and tax cuts
are pork for Republicans.
This is not going to be a Depression. This far into the original, American confidence in government, investing, and banks was almost nonexistent. The government - and I give credit to Bush for this, despite disagreeing with methods and management - has succeeded in creating a relatively soft landing. Everybody is tightening their belts, but there are not going to be any runs on banks, and nobody is suddenly going to convert their cash to gold and stick it in the walls of their house.
Well, nobody but my grandfather, who apparently has had $20,000 in silver coins walled up in his home for 40 years in anticipation of the next depression...