The 'I hate Anne Coulter' thread.

[Raistlin]

Really? Well, let's go with the real "Reaganomics", the policies that Reagan himself set up, and Bush Sr. followed. It's been apparent throughout history that economic changes take a few years to have their main influence. After Reagan left, and even after Bush Sr. left, the economy did great. Wonderful. Granted, part of that should be credited to the "dot com boom", but a large part should also be credited to Reagan and his policies. Clinton, on the other hand, reversed Reagan's policies, and what was happening by the end of Clinton's term? That's right, a major recession. A recession that Bush Jr. inherited, and, of course, was blamed for, when Bush had nothing to do with it. The nation thrived because of the economic changes that Reagan made, and sufferred because of the economic changes that Clinton made. Looks like "Reaganomics" works pretty well.

I guess it's just coincidence that Clinton's changes took almost 9 years to have an adverse affect - after he was out of office for nearly a year. Economic changes, especially with such enormous changes of policy, typically happen much sooner than that.

Anyway, the first time what is now known as "Reaganomics" was put into use in the early 1920s by the first of three Republican presidents...anybody remember what happened in 1929?
Of course, the Great Depression was not caused solely by Reaganomics, but also a severe influx of credit and stock-marketing with little to no regulations...who completely revamped our economic policies which allowed us to climb out of that? Oh yeah, FDR, a Democrat.

[Sasquatch]

DMKA -- Yes, Clinton brought a recession, and the economy is improving now. If you don't/didn't see that, you can't be helped by anybody other than yourself, and you need to crawl out from under the rock and open your eyes.

Raistlin -- The recession began during Clinton's second term, not a year after. It only worsened after 9/11, eight months after Clinton left. Clinton was at least smart enough to leave the economy be for the first couple years and gather the praise that Reagan and Bush Sr. earned, but Clinton was not yet out of office by the time the recession that he caused took affect.

[Raistlin]

DMKA -- Yes, Clinton brought a recession, and the economy is improving now. If you don't/didn't see that, you can't be helped by anybody other than yourself, and you need to crawl out from under the rock and open your eyes.

Raistlin -- The recession began during Clinton's second term, not a year after. It only worsened after 9/11, eight months after Clinton left. Clinton was at least smart enough to leave the economy be for the first couple years and gather the praise that Reagan and Bush Sr. earned, but Clinton was not yet out of office by the time the recession that he caused took affect.

I'd like to see some sources. The economy didn't begin improving until after Iraq.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

And the economy is hardly good, as evidenced by the fact that I still can't get a job and the stock market is still going down the tubes.

[Super Christ]

Sorry to revive the thread, but I just found this.

Now, you know what woulda been cool? If the guy had done something intelligent rather than make crude sexual remarks. It's also probably dumbasses like this that help reinforce her opinions on liberals.

If we continue on the subject of economics and taxes, I'll look up an article that compares taxes to a casual lunch between friends. It's pretty good, if I do say so myself. Not that I wrote it or anything.

I've seen that quote, and it's pretty much inapplicable to taxes - while the rich friend may not have to show up for lunch, there's nowhere the rich guy can go where he won't be taxed. As the old quote goes, there's only two things that are certain in life: death, and taxes.

[TheAbominatrix]

http://www29.websamba.com/TheAbomina...ublemakers.mov

There, it's on my own server now. Much better.