Thats true. As for me nothing new has been learned.
I read something in the Foundation series back when I was a kid. An alien came to earth and made a magnificent, moving speech. Rather than taking it at face value the scientists scientifically analyzed it and found its content to amount to zero. The alien talked a great deal (or perhaps it was a written agreement, but the principle holds) but in reality nothing was said. I've always tried to look at speeches that way. A critical point I can pick out is Clinton and his arithmetic comment. Receipts are higher during a boom and he was in office during the biggest. When Bush came in that had exhausted itself and the economy was in a downturn. The economy still hasn't recovered and both parties are either so stupid or disingenuous that they have done nothing of substance to mitigate the real problem not solved by increasing or decreasing taxes, that is to create positive incentives to create lasting, decent paying jobs, not the burger flipping kind that Clinton boasted of. To be the dems can take credit for GM and the reps have no equivalent, but the real message is that the dems advantage is in not doing what is needed but they won't make it too much worse. Hardly inspiring.
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