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Answer some questions

Posted on 03/10/2004 12:47:41 PM PST by Mad_at_Taxes

A friend at work and I were having a discussion and he asked some questions that I was unable to answer and I knew I could get the answers here:

1)Why are gas prices so high and Why has the Bush administration turned a blind eye when Clinton/Gore were able to call for investigations to keep the prices low.

2)Who sold North Korea their WMDs and what did Clinton do about it?

3) Other than break-up the Soviet Union, What did Reagan accomplish other than a 12 year recession (I've already pointed out that it was Carter's fault and he blamed it on OPEC).

HELP!


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1 posted on 03/10/2004 12:47:41 PM PST by Mad_at_Taxes
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
3) a 12 year recession? He wishes.
3 posted on 03/10/2004 12:50:46 PM PST by Bogey78O (The Democrats promised jobs but all they gave you was gay marriage- AppyPappy)
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To: HaloStatue
Quick, someone get a rope!
4 posted on 03/10/2004 12:50:54 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
when Clinton/Gore were able to call for investigations to keep the prices low

Am I missing something here....how do investigations keep prices low?

Maybe GW should, like Klinton did for Gore, release the Strategic Oil Reserves in the misguided/false hope that THAT would drive home heating oil prices down?</sarcasm

5 posted on 03/10/2004 12:51:36 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: philetus
How about a butterfly net?
6 posted on 03/10/2004 12:52:03 PM PST by Mr. Bird
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7 posted on 03/10/2004 12:52:04 PM PST by Hanging Chad
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
Tell your "friend" to get off that stuff and come back to reality. BTW, this "friend" isn't Gephardt's "friend" too, is he?
8 posted on 03/10/2004 12:53:06 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Don't tell jigsaw I said this...)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
Other than break-up the Soviet Union?

What a dumb question. First off the break-up the Soviet Union is enough, second someone is forgetting the tax cuts that made the recovery possible.

The Cold War was not only a security threat to the US it was a drag on the world economy.

On a Gas price note - With Russia rapidly increasing production of oil now and its membership in the world economy the US will be able to reduce its dependency on Saudi oil.
9 posted on 03/10/2004 12:54:01 PM PST by CyberCowboy777 (We should never ever apologize for who we are, what we believe in, and what we stand for.)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
Sorry guys, I was really looking for some help.

I'll go back to lurking now...
10 posted on 03/10/2004 12:54:40 PM PST by Mad_at_Taxes
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To: Puppage
What I've always wondered was they say they have to raise prices and then the oil companies release their profit statements. We only made A hundred million trillion, or something like that.
11 posted on 03/10/2004 12:54:48 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
A 12 year recession? Sounds more like a depression to me, and I don't recall that. Do you? What 12 years is he talking about?

NK WMD's and Clinton? He did nothing but turn a blind eye and believed them in 1994 when they promised they wouldn't make weapons.

Reagan restored the hope in America which had been sadly lacking from the previous decade, which made everything uptick! He cut taxes, tried to cut spending, too bad Congress didn't agree with it.
12 posted on 03/10/2004 12:55:10 PM PST by eyespysomething (I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
1)Why are gas prices so high and Why has the Bush administration turned a blind eye when Clinton/Gore were able to call for investigations to keep the prices low.

Not the governments job to hold prices down.

2)Who sold North Korea their WMDs and what did Clinton do about it?

China sold them the info that Clinton gave the Chinese.

3) Other than break-up the Soviet Union, What did Reagan accomplish other than a 12 year recession (I've already pointed out that it was Carter's fault and he blamed it on OPEC).

Either remember or read too much to post.

13 posted on 03/10/2004 12:55:42 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Of course I'm armed. Isn't everyone?)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes; hellinahandcart; trussell; MEG33; MeekOneGOP; petuniasevan; Hillarys nightmare; ...
Submitted for your approval....


14 posted on 03/10/2004 12:55:44 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Intellectuals exist only if you believe they do. ©)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
O.K. I'll bite:

1. I'm starting to buy the notion that OPEC wants Bush out and will try to strangle our economy to do it. And anyway, since when did inquiries keep prices low? And which inquiries is your friend asking about anyway?

2. NK is stole alot of their nuke technology while Clinton gave away the farm under the "Agreed-to Framework". The North Koreans viloated the agreement and Clinton knew it. he did nothing.

3. 12 year recession? Go read a history book. Reagan made America great again.

15 posted on 03/10/2004 12:55:48 PM PST by The Dude Abides (Hey Saddam., you're king of just two things.......and Jack just left town.)
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16 posted on 03/10/2004 12:56:44 PM PST by Protagoras (When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
1. I thought Bush was resupplying the stragegic oil reserves, thus the increase.

2. North Korea developed their own weapons after signing a paper to Clinton that they would promise to stop.

3. Reagan didn't have a 12 year recession. Tell that to the 30 employees hired at our family business while Reagan was in office.


17 posted on 03/10/2004 12:57:34 PM PST by WV Mountain Mama (I am the anti-soccor mom, hear my SUV roar!)
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To: HaloStatue
Agreed. Maybe if the poster had minded his/her P's and Q's...
18 posted on 03/10/2004 12:58:35 PM PST by k2blader (Some folks should worry less about how conservatives vote and more about how to advance conservatism)
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To: Mad_at_Taxes
Many of the answers that you seek can be found in (1) Reagan's War and (2)Blind Man's Bluff.

Perhaps you and your friend could start a reading group and enlighten other relatives, friends or co-workers!
19 posted on 03/10/2004 12:58:49 PM PST by leprechaun9 (Beware of little expenses because a small leak will sink a great ship!)
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To: CyberCowboy777
thanks, this helps.
I hate when I get into these discussions and I know I'm right but I don't have all the facts to back it up.

I believe that the tax cuts in the Reagan years ultimately lead to the boom in the late 90's (that Clinton gets credit for) but without the tax cuts a decade earlier, the Y2K boom never happens.

then the tax hike in 1996 started the problems that W inherited and without the Internet bubble, it would have been much worse a lot quicker.

But he said "it's a fact that the economy is better when a D is in office."
I quickly replied "what about Carter"
he blamed it on OPEC...
:)
20 posted on 03/10/2004 12:58:52 PM PST by Mad_at_Taxes
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