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Old 10-15-2009, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by piece-itpete View Post
We are considerably more wealthy today as a society than before Reagan took office. And what, the last 25 years existed in a vacuum?
Pete
Correction, some people are considerably more wealthy, most of the middle class and below are marching in place at best. The only good thing to come out of all of this mess is the drop in the dollar. It has effectively given me a 25% raise in my Bell Canada pension, the $CDN is now at $0.9745.
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