From: rscharfy@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryan C Scharfy)
Subject: Re: The Tories could win the "lottery"...Clinton GST?
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In article <1993Apr16.083029.12516@umr.edu> ckincy@cs.umr.edu (Charles Kincy) w
rites:
>In article <1993Apr16.031616.23130@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rscharfy@magnus.
acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryan C Scharfy) writes:
>>
>>This country is hardly ruined. In fact, it is booming compared to after the
>>1980 election.
>>
>>This whole "USA has gone to hell and Reagan/Bush caused it", is not only lame
,
>>pathetic, and old....... it's wrong.
>>
>>Under Reagan/Bush the economy grew by 1.1 trillion dollars.  This is more tha
n
>>the entire economy of Germany, a "kind, gentle" country, in many peoples'
>>books.  What a joke.
>
>Drive down to Cincinnati and take a look.  Not pretty, is it?

But drive UP to Cleveland and it is about 10,000 times better.  I from Toledo 
originally (but that place always as sucked as long as I've been on the planet.

>Things were much better there in 1980.  All that growth went into
>the hands of Ron and Georgie's pals, and I DIDN'T GET A SINGLE
>DIME OF IT, DAMMIT.  And, now, I'm gonna be bled to death by tax
>leeches to pay for the damage.  F***ing great.

Republicans have been trying to pass a balanced budget amendment for the last 
ten years.

>
>Oh, here's another thing.  Seems like a lot of people in
>Columbus drive over to Marysville and make Japanese cars.  Hm.

Because for a while, the American companies couln't even compete in THEIR OWN 
COUNTRY, where free trade isn't even an issue.  However, even the automobile
pendelum has swung back to the Big 3.

>I wonder how many American-owned companies employ those in
>Central Ohio?  Other than Ohio State University.  :)

Oh, I don't know.  It's probably in the tens of thousands.

Ryan
