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I think Blankfein is right, but he may be too optimistic. Obama plans to let the Bush tax cuts expire, which means about $1 trillion in new taxes. Plus, Socialist Obama and his Socialist Congress will enact cap & trade, which will substantially increase the cost of electricity for everyone in the U.S.

Together, the above actions will kill millions of businesses and millions of jobs. The unemployment rate will rise to 15-20% and that will be a depression, not a recession. We will have hyper-inflation caused by the trillions upon trillions in new national debt (money being printed). Interest rates will rise significantly, GDP will be negative, and tax revenues will therefore decline even though rates will be higher.

Obama and Congress are on a course to destroy our economy and freedom.

Everyone should write to his congressmorons and hold them accountable for the destruction of our country.

1 posted on 06/10/2009 2:52:06 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: pleikumud; sickoflibs; TigerLikesRooster; bamahead
Obama and Congress are on a course to destroy our economy and freedom.

So what else is new?

It's not like Americans one day decided to take this course. Decades upon decades of both Democrats and Republicans, ensconced in all branches and levels of government, have guided the U.S. to where it stands today, simply by disregarding the warnings of the Founders.

2 posted on 06/10/2009 2:55:46 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: pleikumud

Well which is it - depression or hyper-inflation...?


3 posted on 06/10/2009 2:56:42 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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he believed a current upturn in world markets was probably not a full recovery

Ummm...why would anyone think it was? The DOW is at 8700 The high last year was over 14,000.

We have seen some lifting of the markets. That's good, and expect it to cautiously continue. The reason investors are taking heart - despite Oshama's "approval" ratings, his pet programs are in peril.

Cap and trade is on the ropes. If socialized medicine also gets trashed look out. DOW will get close to 10,000.

4 posted on 06/10/2009 2:59:35 PM PDT by what's up
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To: pleikumud

Don’t underestimate the power of 0 to force bad policies on us. He is the first president the US has had who wants to destroy America. His damage will exceed all of the damage all of the presidents before him have inflicted upon this country. Count on it. His Marxist friends are.


6 posted on 06/10/2009 3:22:44 PM PDT by pallis
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To: pleikumud

interesting how goldman sachs got their money out of aig.


7 posted on 06/10/2009 3:25:59 PM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: pleikumud

Not only are we going to have hyperinflation, we will have high energy/gasoline prices and possibly gas rationing. This will be due to government not allowing drilling domestically (IE cancelling current drilling contracts and not allowing new ones). Also, Israel WILL attack Iran sometime soon, and Iran will react.


12 posted on 06/10/2009 5:36:37 PM PDT by Thunder90
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