Do you believe economy will recover if Bush gets elected in '04?

[kentuck]

Or do you think we will continue to mount huge deficits, which he will blame on the "big spenders" in Congress, as if he forgot he had a veto pen? Do you think the unemployment rate will continue to climb? Will it be possible to go thru 4 more years without one job being created? If he does get 4 more years, will our country be able to survive it? If his discredited fiscal policies don't destroy us, will his divisiveness have us near civil war? What would 4 more years of this partisan, arrogant, incompetent, secretive, conniving so-called leader look like?

[Occulus]

1. Two word answer for *'s re-selection:

Civil war?

After four more years of this, who knows....

[rock]

2. Well, since bush*sucks is the main cause of the economic problems,

I suppose they'll continue.

[MuseRider]

3. It will not change

this is what they want.

[leftofthedial]

4. stable unemplyment at about 8% - 9%

triple the current projected deficits.

worse in every way unless you are a billionaire

[tokenlib]

5. they'll spin it as such...

And the millions of new jobs will be worthless service sector servitude for irresponsible corporate employers like Walmart.

[twilight]

6. it can only worsen

as the poor become poorer, the rich become richer, the middle-class disappers. It is already doomed now. Four more years of * and we might as well kill our arses goodbye!

:dem:

:kick:

[Capn Sunshine]

7. Well, here's the thing:

The Bush machine is run by "old school" guys, who adhere to mid60's economic dogma. The kind that states that economy is good when there's a hot war, GDP is mostly defense related, and unemployment should remain high to discourage inflation/wage pressure.

They refuse to acknowlege any other approach is effective,in fact they are unaware of any other approach.

The Clintonian approach to the economy; that full employemet was NOT inflationary, that technology should be used to improve productivity creating more liesure time and more dollars spent on liesure activities, this whole concept of non-defense emphasis (remember the "Peace dividend"?) exists in a world outside of the neocon ideologues worldview.

This is why you saw the night/day shift from Clinton to Bush in societal priorities and national condition.

They honestly believe that dedicating themselves to enriching the richest will be the best stimulant for a healthy economy.

Clintonian economics otoh calls for as wide a benefit and enrichment as possible; in belief that expansion of the wealth generating class has a much more immediate and long lasting effect.

[Brucey]

8. Absolutely not, though they will say it has before the 2004 election!

Repugs say one thing and do another, lie, lie, lie, and repeat things until enough people believe them.

[uptohere]

9. its recovering now

and unemployment will improve but its pretty fuzzy as to when. However Wall Street is talking about it more and more.

So what ? Corporations are listening and they will understand that they need to ease off squeeziing more work out of their people and start hiring at least a little to please the people who control their stock prices.

This is not the thing that will win the election for whoever gets nominated.

[Newsjock]

10. No, the companies will deliberately crash the economy

... if Bush loses. Why? An attempt to make the incoming Democrat look so thoroughly awful that Jeb or someone else cakewalks into the White House in 2008.

Even if we "win" in 2004, the battle isn't going to be over. The forces that put Chimpy into power won't let something as little as losing an election put an end to their agenda. They will do everything they can to make the Democratic president's life an absolute living hell. Impeachment? That was kid's stuff compared to what we'll be facing.

Yet me must -- because the alternative, four more years of Bush, then eight of Jeb, and lord knows who else -- is even worse.

Yes, we're screwed any way you look at it.

[david_vincent]

11. My two cents' worth

Of course the economy will recover, but not while he's in office. It will take time for it to come back from all of this. The thing to remember is that the economy is capable of absorbing tremendous punishment. It might take a decade for it to recover from current policies, but it can, and will, recover. In the meantime, however, the destruction of the middle class and the debasement of America's image overseas (foreign markets) will result in worlds of suffering in the here and now, not to mention the burden we're dumping on the next generation as we tell them to shut up and support us.

[Nikia]

12. It would be a miracle

The economy has to recover eventually and it may regardless of what Bush does. It could continue to get worse though because he is obviously not doing anything to help it recover and is inhibiting it. There will also be a huge deficet when he leaves office.