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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> I am not against a bit of Bush pruning from time to time, but I think this 
> is over the top. Presidents don't control the economy.

....
>    But by and large, the state of an economy derives 
> from the conditions for production and the psychological reactions of 
> consumers to the various parts of their lives.
> 

I was thinking much the same thing.  I can think of no economic decisions of 
the past two presidents that I though were a good thing.  But with the 
possible exceptions on NAFTA and GAT, presidents really don't influence the 
economy 
all that much.  If the economy picks up, I will be the last to attibute it to 
Bush.

I read through the list of closings and layoffs and at each one I was 
thinking .... "The president is influencing this ..... how??"


James