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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:22 PM Original message |
Poll question: When the economic recovery is in full swing |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:25 PM Original message |
You're assuming that this is going to happen in 2012? |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I will be happy to bet you a $100 donation to the charity of your choice, |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If we used DOW and GDP, you'd lose now. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So will YOU take this bet? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Why do you need to wage a money bet to make your point? |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I think the recovering economy is a fantasy. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I agree with everything you're saying |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:39 PM Original message |
"put your money where your mouth is" is that how it goes? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I wish you wanted to make this bet this summer. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The DOW is up primarily because companies are sitting on massive Cash. That is *not* as positive as |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. "We can measure it via employment, inflation, consumer sentiment, whatever you choose." OK |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So you're taking the bet? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No, let |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. whether " the Federal Reserve needs to keep stimulating the economy through asset purchases" |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bwah! Reaganomics! |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. "North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 9.7 percent in November." |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. I voted Reaganomics, because too much pandering to tax cuts will |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Interesting |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You asked. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Another interesting point, especially since |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. It'll be because of the president but the repigs will claim credit just because they'll be in power. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Repigs will claim it regardless...remember how they took credit for the boom in the Clinton |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. (1) Republicans will claim their forcing the extension of taxes for the rich... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't expect recovery until AFTER 2012 |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Who WILL or who SHOULD receive the credit? |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. The results of this poll are going to be pretty much the same |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Absurd premise gets my vote |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Sure, |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You construct it as if a recovery is an inevitability. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. "assuming" |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. "assuming by 2012" is a when, not an if |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No, |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Do you wholeheartedly believe |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes, |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. So you are |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That's fine |
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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It is. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, this DU poll says Obama |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. The great and mighty Invisible Hand, of course. |
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KeyserSoze87 (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. The economy will recover by 2012 |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. and the sun will rise in the west and set in the east |
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KeyserSoze87 (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. God, everyone on this site so pessimistic. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. There is just SO MUCH that is inherently going wrong in this country, tho! |
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KeyserSoze87 (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I definitely agree with you that we need universal healthcare. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. I see no possibility for a recovery. Here's why. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. Other, because it will be at least 15 years before we can put 20 million |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. Pipe dream |
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