From: alan@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Alan R. Weiss)
Subject: Re: Perot's "United We Stand America" launched today
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:32:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: (speaking only for myself from Austin, Texas)

In article <1993Jan25.153216.10311@Princeton.EDU> niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:

>>Would a sizable percentage of the GNP being sucked up by interest
>>charges to service the debt prove it to you?  Because that's exactly
>>what's happening.  Is $4 trillion biggies enough to prove it?
>
>Sizeable?  It isn't that big.  The interest on the debt is ~$300 billion
>a year.  The GNP is ~$5 trillion.

The deficit now sits at $4 trillion dollars, give or take a few billion.
That's is close to the entire GROSS national product for ONE FULL YEAR,
and is far more than the NET national product.

If you do not believe this is not "big", then you obviously suffer
from recticraniel inversion syndrome.

Not to mention that you are probably the ONLY person on Planet Earth
who doesn't think this is "big."


>>That's an average of $16,000 for every man, woman, and child in America.
>
>No, $4 trillion out of context means absolutely nothing.

I just gave you some context.  Actually, the US Government "gave"
it to you.  I hope y'all enjoyed the feeling.

No smiley's .... this is a bummer.

>>a salesman, a noble profession.  One that serves a vital economic
>>function.  Unless you'd like to denegrate an entire profession?
>
>Why not?  You and Ross are doing it with politicans.

Because, politicians have driven us to the brink of calamity,
and salesman have not.  Salesman serve an economic purpose - and
it can't be proven that politicians do.  Salesman are PRODUCERS,
politicians are CONSUMERS.  Any questions?

>>>>Oh please, Ted Kennedy is one of the biggest criminals in Washington, DC.
>
>>>Huh?  I've heard some people say Chappaquiddick was criminal, but other
>>>than that, what are you referring to?
>
>>Uh, yeah, that death thing was kinda criminal.  Adultry was a crime
>>in his home state.  That's two counts. 
>
>Adultery?  Now you're really stretching it.

You have again ignored the death thing.  I'll add to the list:
spending money you don't have is criminal if normal citizens do it.
If politicians do it, its just deficit spending. 


>>got elected Prezdunt in 1996.  Do you think he could suspend
>>the Bill of Rights?
> 
>After 12 years of Reagan/Bush/Rehnquist, you think there is a Bill of
>Rights?
>
>-- 
>David M. Nieporent   | "We don't need anymore [sic] wretched refuse.  It's 
>niepornt@phoenix.    |  time to send the Statue of Liberty somewhere else"
>   princeton.edu     |      -- Jack "Not a bigot" Schmidling, 1/7/93
>Baltimore Orioles 93 |

David, the next time you feel the need to comfort yourself that the
debt and deficit are not a problem, please repeat after me:

	"Who is going to pay for it?"
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