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Old 12-17-2008, 10:58 AM   #11
Rerun
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
This is a pretty silly stance, but he should be taken to task for pretty much lieing about the economy being fine 2 months ago. And if he wasn't lieing, then the more disturbing thing is that he or his experts were unaware of it. So he was either lieing or we are fataed.
He was being optimistic. I think I read somewhere that human behaviour drives recessions and recoveries, and confidence in the future drives human behaviour.
During difficult times, leaders have to inject confidence and hope into their citizens.
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