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In Reply to: related stuff posted by late on February 27, 2000 at 09:18:00:
1st & foremost, I can't do anything for your mom's misfortune & even the most valid explaination won't do squat to heal your very real wounds. To that extend, I won't rub any more salt into them by trying.2nd, I don't know about your situation but we've got enormous economic infrastructure. Easy access to super-highways, tons of colleges (Union, RPI, SUNY-A, Sienna, St.Rose, HVCC, SCCC, a about 5 more I can't recall right now).
3rd, Nixon's money flood was SOP at taht time. It worked for the entire decade before & he saw no reason to not adopt his predecessors conventions, which is why I already stated was one of the reasons I didn't care for him either.
4th, Bush Sr's proper handling of the S&L situation started the 90's economic recovery & when the market went Bull, it was only enhanced by the said 401Ks which seemed to arrest the typical business cycling via Ponzi scheming.
3) LBJ was a piece of work; no argument there. His mishandling of the economy, and his financial irregularities contributed greatly to the problems we faced in the 70's.
It would not be fair to say it was SOP for IKE, or those who went before.
4) This is something of a footnote. Did you know George W Bush chaired the committee that deregulated the banks? He was part of that crisis, and the coverup that followed.
None of this is intended to mean that the Dems are better. We have a corrupt goverment that is poorly suited to dealing with rapid change.
If someone said to me, pick the candidates for this race; i would choose
a Colin Powell vs George Mitchell contest. To tell you the truth i hold both in the highest respect, and am not at all sure which way i'd vote.
As to the theme of reform, implicit in many of your comments; i have been working towards saying this: this goverment is what it is. The problems it has now will continue to worsen (example: The Agricultural Dept. now writes govt payroll checks- just try messing with Ag the way Carter did, and see how far you get). Piecemeal solutions try to move the sand off a beach with a teaspoon. There is only one possible solution, and that would be a Constitutional Convention. We, however, lack something our forefathers had, it will never happen.
So, there is a rule of thumb from Chaos theory, make small moves, avoid the big risks. And mostly that is my intent when i vote for someone.
that was precisely what the forefathers had in mind when they designed our constitution. An impotent, inefficient system where a miniscule amount of power is subdivided into overlapping jurisdiction. Thus, nobody had enough power to warrant corruption. However, I think we can both agree that the present day colosus has little to do with its founding document.PS: Do you get the feeling we'd get along in reality?
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