Comments on: Be Patriotic- Get Out There And Spend! http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/ Thu, 24 May 2012 17:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: freemonster http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/#comment-15802 freemonster Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:45:31 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2059#comment-15802 I should have emphasized the program is voluntary, for now. This may not be humor. Just 25 years late. I should have emphasized the program is voluntary, for now. This may not be humor. Just 25 years late.

]]> By: malthus http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/#comment-15801 malthus Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:41:04 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2059#comment-15801 "Joe: (a bit upset) What if I don’t cooperate?" Official: Minilove will interview you in Room 101. “Joe: (a bit upset) What if I don’t cooperate?”

Official: Minilove will interview you in Room 101.

]]> By: Hutch http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/#comment-15800 Hutch Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:38:32 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2059#comment-15800 California's middle class is discovering that the shining examples of progressive social programs they've financed for years, can't seem to cope now that it is their turn to get in line...but we can be sure they will calm down considerably when their kids can attend newly renovated, high tech, eco-friendly, energy efficient, schools (minus a few teachers) soon after the stimulus projects get underway. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=as3PyDwmDEQY&refer=home California’s middle class is discovering that the shining examples of progressive social programs they’ve financed for years, can’t seem to cope now that it is their turn to get in line…but we can be sure they will calm down considerably when their kids can attend newly renovated, high tech, eco-friendly, energy efficient, schools (minus a few teachers) soon after the stimulus projects get underway.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=as3PyDwmDEQY&refer=home

]]> By: AZSALUKI http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/#comment-15799 AZSALUKI Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:49:30 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2059#comment-15799 the part i liked best was when he ACTUALLY told everyone just how much we were spending on that war. i don't know for sure, but i'd bet he even put those numbers in the governments budget. i like your reference twist. just imagine if that was the attitude taken 6 years ago when we got into this war. sure....no giant bubbling economy....but prolly no bursting of the economy to follow! the part i liked best was when he ACTUALLY told everyone just how much we were spending on that war. i don’t know for sure, but i’d bet he even put those numbers in the governments budget. i like your reference twist. just imagine if that was the attitude taken 6 years ago when we got into this war. sure….no giant bubbling economy….but prolly no bursting of the economy to follow!

]]> By: twist http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/#comment-15798 twist Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:18:48 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2059#comment-15798 Slim- I liked this point made by Roosevelt: <em><blockquote>We must discourage installment buying, and encourage paying off debts and mortgages.</blockquote></em> Very unpatriotic of him by today's standards! Slim-

I liked this point made by Roosevelt:


We must discourage installment buying, and encourage paying off debts and mortgages.

Very unpatriotic of him by today’s standards!

]]> By: arizonaslim http://housingdoom.com/2009/02/26/be-patriotic-get-out-there-and-spend/#comment-15797 arizonaslim Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:30:11 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=2059#comment-15797 Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, President Roosevelt made a speech that came to be known as his "Call to Sacrifice" speech. Here it is: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1942roosevelt-sacrifice.html Note the lack of exhortations for consumers to get out there and shop. Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, President Roosevelt made a speech that came to be known as his “Call to Sacrifice” speech. Here it is:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1942roosevelt-sacrifice.html

Note the lack of exhortations for consumers to get out there and shop.

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