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Old 03-08-2009, 10:54 AM
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from what i've seen, most feel that the dollar was hit so hard due to the deficit-so a balanced budget would be a priority. no earmarks, no millions of dollars sent to arkansas to study hybrid bass for example. and yes, that's in this current budget.
at any rate, the problems stem from the last administration. so, since this is a hypothetical, i would turn back time and not have the iraq war for starters. imo that would void the several years of rampant speculation and price hikes on oil. no bloated defense spending, having a war is the #1 largest expense a country can have, and we're in two. so that would not have occurred on the levels that we had. and we'd be out of afganistan by now, since all our efforts would have been put into the one area.
but you can't do that...so what would i do now? financing is the #1 issue, so that's where attention would go. the new bridges, roads, etc-fdr tried that, hell japan tried that not long ago, and it didn't help at all. you get the best financial minds in the business, and come up with a solution to the credit and financing mess. absolutely no unnecessary spending for/from the feds at all. i certainly wouldn't make now the time to talk about setting aside funds for a future health care plan, and cut current medicare/medicaid to fund it. we can't afford that right now. and all that part of the plan they passed did was drive down health sector stocks, which made a panicked situation that much worse.
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