Extremist Democrats Angry That Better Economy Will "Help Bush"

Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode XXXIX

You have to see this to believe it. A post in the General Discussion Forum at Democratic Underground, yesterday.

881101, DOW 10,000++
Posted by leftyandproud on Thu Dec-11-03 04:18 PM

F*CK!

Please folks, don't start that "We should be happy for people... They are seeing nice gains in their 401k's..yadda yadda" Bottom line, this will HELP BUSH!

I took a look at my IRA today and see it sitting at a three year high. I admit, for a moment, I felt a moment of glee, then I remembered who this is REALLY helping, big corporations, Bush's supporters, and the sheep who think he really did anything to boost the economy.

Like it or not, people vote with their pocketbooks and when they see these big gains, they will be happy. Couple this with the bigger than ever tax refund checks people we getting (Thanks in no small part to the politically motivated tactic of reducing tax brackets across the board in JULY, and making the bill retroactive, so the first 7 months of overpaid taxes will be INCLUDED in your tax refund...in addition to the doubled child credit and marriage penalty drop...my GOD...I know most of tax cuts help the rich, but this sh*t really will help middle America with larger refunds. ALSO, since Dubya dropped the steel tariffs, the price of nearly everything with metal in it will be DROPPING over the next few months...meaning more spending...more demand...more products sold...more corporate revenue...more jobs needed...We need to admit this and prepare for it.

The people are going to be happy.
They like their tax reductions.
They like cheap prices on stuff.
They like their 401k's being up 40% this year.

If the economy keeps this pace, unemployment will likely be down to 5.5% by next November and we better have a damn good argument against Bush's policies. Is there any way we can take credit for helping the economy? We certainly are going to need an argument for this next year.

Frankly, one is tempted at first to think this might have been planted by some devious conservative to make Democratic Underground look bad. A perusal of the replies, however, shows no sign that anybody thinks it isn't a sincere post; and, this quite-precisely anti-American attitude, though not shared by everybody there, nonetheless meets with some approval. Here's an example:

881217, I have this 'gut' feeling that
Posted by Pegleg Thd on Thu Dec-11-03 04:31 PM

the" Greedy Old Pigs" are giving us inflated figures in order to make the criminals look good. I wonder whhat the NY attorney general thinks of this situation. As I understand it he has had his nose up their asses for the last couple of years. My guess is that before long we will hear of another brokerage caught with their hands raiding the cookie jar. Then watch the bottom drop out and reality set in hard. (we can only hope that I am right )

(Thanks, James.)

P.S. "leftyandproud" is a Kucinich supporter.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Fri. 12/12/03 09:23:44 PM
Categorized as Democrats in Self-Destruct Mode & Political.