Bush speaks out

SteamWake · 11-13-09, 02:33 PM

Ho boy cant wait to see where this goes !

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Originally Posted by The Washington Times

Former President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention will squelch economic recovery and expansion.

Seems like common sense to me.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...onomic-growth/

Dowly · 11-13-09, 02:37 PM

Oberon · 11-13-09, 02:42 PM

Can't argue with it although I dare say there are those who will spin it all out of control from both sides.
Free markets work better when they are free, but there's always the risk that they'll be stupid, but that's what happens, the Victorians called it the hangover after the drink, boom times are followed by hard times, it's the cycle of economics. We'll pull out of this slump within the next couple of years and then by 2015-20 we'll be back in boom times until the next slump.

SteamWake · 11-13-09, 02:46 PM

Pull out of the slump?

I'm not so sure when the feds are taking steps to ensure that we dont.

Rockin Robbins · 11-13-09, 02:59 PM

Could this be a prime case of the wrong guy on the right side. He reminds me of Bernard...

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-09, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Could this be a prime case of the wrong guy on the right side. He reminds me of Bernard...

I think Bernard is the right guy on the wrong side

Shearwater · 11-13-09, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Washington Times
Former President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention will squelch economic recovery and expansion.

Not to piss anybody off here, but wasn't he the one that massively restricted personal freedom for the sake of national security?
I'm not an American, but from the outside I had that impression sometimes. I can see why some people are concerned about what Obama is doing at the moment, but it really annoys me when "freedom" to some seems to mean "economic freedom" almost exclusively. There's more to it than that.
Just my 0.02€

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11-13-09, 02:42 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Can't argue with it although I dare say there are those who will spin it all out of control from both sides. Free markets work better when they are free, but there's always the risk that they'll be stupid, but that's what happens, the Victorians called it the hangover after the drink, boom times are followed by hard times, it's the cycle of economics. We'll pull out of this slump within the next couple of years and then by 2015-20 we'll be back in boom times until the next slump.