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Comment by Crouching Hamster (Guest)

Crouching Hamster (Guest) — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:47:29 +0000

So ... when I called you last night, you were drunk? It's likely I was too.
I watched CNN at about 2 and fell asleep. But I did catch several mispronunciations (which El Prezidente does not even grasp). I wish I could say he was a product of our failing public schools. But Jesus - he went to Yale and Harvard! WTF?

As I sit here in my spacious and quiet (for real) Harlem apartment, writing term papers so I can be a more knowledgeable and better contributor to our society, I wonder what it's all about.

I for one am not counting on getting a $400 check which will keep me flush in beer money when I'm 70. And I've been out of the labor market for so long, my contributions to social security have been ridiculously low.

I predict, in the future, a crisis, and then a New Deal II. Unless we have further techonological advances (macroeconomic theory which I can't really get into here). Then the crisis will only happen to the poor. And who will speak for them? Dick Cheney?

Comment by MonoCerdo (Guest)

MonoCerdo (Guest) — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:48:19 +0000

Great post. I just wish it weren't true.

My favorite part: When he got all cowboy on that guy who mentioned that Dick Cheney was a rich person. "Don't get personal! You're on national television!" Shit. Now we all know Dick Cheney is rich. Nice job, liberal media!

Comment by Nicholas (Guest)

Nicholas (Guest) — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:08:45 +0000

Thanks for the summary. I missed it because I put the kids to bed from 8-8:30. Sounds about like I expected. Though the talk of lessening benefits for high wage workers makes it more of a progressive tax. Bush promoting a progressive tax was surprising. It is more of a tax for high wage workers. I've always considered Social Security a tax, even though it is not supposed to be one.

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Ken — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:47:45 +0000

Some notes from Bush's press conference tonight.