Re: Bad economic news...

"Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Old Salt,
>
> Maybe you can help explain something to me. The classic
> Democrat/liberal position seems to be that the other side
> Republican/conservative group is pro-big business to the
> detriment of the poor. This is an often repeated complaint,
> that Bush or whoever is in office at the time is giving breaks
> to business or to the "rich".
>
> Then, another position by the same group is that the
> conservatives have failed because of a business climate that
> kills job growth. The "no jobs" position.
>
> My question is how can these two positions be reconciled?
> Isn't it business that produces jobs? I know that an increasing
> number of jobs are produced by the government, but what
> does the government produce? Who makes the shoes, TV sets,
> cars, or whatever if not business? So if a policy is pro-business,
> isn't it also pro-jobs and pro-production of goods? Is the main
> differentiation big business versus small business? That may help
> explain the apparent dichotomy.
>
> Jerry

Questions like this exhibit why a liberal talk radio show will never fly.
The left's statements often *sound* good at first, but a when asked to
defend or reconcile their positions, they can't.  At least not with any
logic, reason, or reality.

B