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baloghblog on August 29, 2005 - 4:55am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Love the thought, but expect to hear something more like.  "well we've seen the catastrophe of Katrina, the best way to support our American brothers and sisters is to go about our normal way of life, and not to curtail spending or trips that we planned on taking [please PLEASE do NOT stop spending!].  The US economy is strong, despite this calamity.  We have the SPR, but at this time we will not be tapping into it. [for fear that oil prices will rise further, and it will cost more to refill it.]"

I haven't heard one breathe of conservation out of this administration, I think that they will spin it into the need to push ahead with ANWR more quickly, or something like that, despite the obvious solution that you proposed.

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Glenn on August 29, 2005 - 6:11am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Exactly, ask people to just keep spending until they go bankrupt! Insane logic. The economy is dependent on consumer spending and consumers will need to drive to spend! Consume more in a time of short supply. Churchill would be disgusted.
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mw on August 29, 2005 - 7:14am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
that attitude ... Please keep spending... is wrong on so many levels that I can't even decide where I want to start my rebuttal so I think I'll pass.

It is not the patriotic duty of citizens to spend themselves into oblivion.

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