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Hope and change means more spending In a posting yesterday , I discussed some questions regarding which companies may go belly up next year. In the same posting, I asked the question on how the current administration plans to fix it. It seems the current plan is to spend money. A LOT of money. So much money, it is beyond comprehension, beyond words, beyond anything the country has ever seen. I am not an economist, but is the gamble ...
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