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- From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
- Subject: Re: National debt is not bad
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.202813.15161@news.columbia.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:28:13 GMT
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- In article <C18x3G.MnE@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ivaliote@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Lotus ) writes:
- >
- >Being powerful is good. Spending yourself into oblivion to achieve that power
- >is rather silly. We are nearing that point, with some definite help from some
- >big mistakes known as Social Security, pork-barreling, and New Deal programs
- >that were not discontinued when they were done kick-starting the country.
-
- New Deal programs like unemployment insurance, etc., are there to
- smooth out the business cycle. One does not dismantle them when
- during upturns because they automatically cut back when the economy
- starts up again.
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-
- --
- <Phone rings> "Hello?... He did what?... Bomb 'em.... I'm still
- President."
- -- Dana Carvey's George Bush, 1/16 SNL
-