Bush and Blair are both "LAME DUCKS" and none of their policies will be carried out Bush has already lost social security and Americans will demand a pull out in Iraq soon
You are soooo bitter and twisted, Anthony. They are just a couple of crazy chipmunks trying to figure out what you want and give it to you...
Right Minstrel, the American economy is going into a depression and every time I pump gas I curse Bush and Cheney as most Americans do as they pump their gas. I seen a story on the news about a mother that could not buy goods for her family and is having a hard time telling her kids she can't take them to school activities any longer since fuel prices are taking a large percentage of the incomes of most folks now. Even Wal-Mart sales are down because of the same factor and GM is going broke.
I was speaking tongue in cheek, AC. Sort of. They really ARE trying to figure out what people want... just not necessarily you or me. They're politicians. That's what politicians do. Try to hang on to power as the #1 priority, and popularity as #2 because that can get them to #1. If you're still looking for evidence of principles in politicians, you need to get better drugs... you're just not gonna find it. The way I see it these days, anyone who has any real integrity loses it long before they actually get into power. I think it's a prerequisite for attaining power. And voters keep voting for them. And they keep falling for the quick vote-buying bribe, even though they must know by now that most of what is being promised at election time is a bare-faced lie.
But this could be great for your business Minstrel, imagine the folks that will need help understanding why these things are happening, why all of a sudden they are having a hard time making it and are on the verge of losing everything they have worked for and find themselves in deep debt and on the treadmill Good for certain businesses like yours and others like bankruptcy lawyers
Economic hardship does create a lot of distress for ordinary people, AC, but of course they don't have any money left... I do end up seeing as many as I can afford to see pro bono but I have bills to pay, too... I don't think anyone really wins when the economy heads down the tubes...
The only folks that can win in a economy that is bad are those who have CASH, they can buy assets on the cheap at bankruptcy auctions and make out like bandits. Look at those who bought real estate from the government after the savings and loan scandals here in the states when all the S & L's failed. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=Savings+and+Loan+Scandals+Keating&btnG=Search