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Is this pro or con? I can't tell...let's compare though since that's really what this thread will be about anyway... Bush did not start a war...terroists did, partly because of things that Clinton did in 1998 to help "fight" Saddams regime. Bush has brought back at least some of the national pride we used to have in this country...I know I hated my government, not my country, under Clinton...now I think it has a chance. That's progress...it may not be seen by every "citizen", but there is more national pride. Every party in politics...every candidate for elected office, whether it be a township or the White House, has a "self-fulfilling agenda". That's how we know what we want to vote for and why. Clinton had his own agenda...that's like saying Bush carries a briefcase, or wears socks... Unemployment rates fluctuate like the economy does...every ten minutes...the stock market probably fluctuates less than the unemployment rate...and no...the last years of Reagan and the first years of Daddy Bush were the lowest unemployment since the depression...the highest were under Jimmy Carter, as well as the highest inflation rate(20some %), the largest energy shortage so far in the history of the automobile, and some of the highest tax hikes in history...thank you Mr. Carter(one of Clinton's heroes). And I must say that if some one decides to give a tax break to my employer when I reach the civilian world I will kiss that man or woman. That means that my boss has less overhead burden and can pass more money to me in the form of salary, benefit programs, retirement packages, etc. The more "tax breaks for the Rich" you hand out the better our economy gets. Check the stats...once Reagan/Bush unburried the country from Carter's follies, people spent more money and why, because their employers had more money to give them because they weren't paying it to the government in taxes. It's a fact! Now I don't agree that we should spend every last dime on fruitless causes, or try to give senior citizens this or that, and fight a war, and pay these people this, and those people that. We can't afford it. That is where Mr. Bush and I differ in opinion. But his strength as a wartime President is unquestioned and he has brought a sense of urgency to the forefront about national defense. He needs to be tougher on immigration and border control, but we can't have everything now can we?
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