Bloomberg-->> US economy resembles THIRD WORLD COUNTRY

[nashville_brook]

http://wcbstv.com/campaign08/bloomberg.federal.government.2.654315.html

Bloomberg Rips Government Over Failing Economy
NYC Mayor: U.S. Resembling A 'Third-World Country'


NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ― Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unleashed another flurry of jabs on Washington, ridiculing the federal government's rebate checks as being "like giving a drink to an alcoholic" on Thursday, and said the presidential candidates are looking for easy solutions to complex economic problems.

The billionaire and potential independent presidential candidate also said the nation "has a balance sheet that's starting to look more and more like a third-world country."
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His tirade against the candidates and the economic stimulus package on Thursday began when he was asked how that experiment is going. In his answer, he praised Democrat Barack Obama for the plan the Illinois senator outlined on Wednesday that would create a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to rebuild highways, bridges, airports and other public projects. Obama projects it could generate nearly 2 million jobs.

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[stray cat]

1. i agree with Bloomberg - good for him for speaking out

[nashville_brook]

3. newsworthy b/c it's a repug admitting it.

[TwilightGardener]

4. He's an Independent. Not a Repub.

[nashville_brook]

6. oh -- you're right -- he's changed so much, it's hard to keep up. Indie since 2007.

[Johonny]

2. Err

Isn't it his party that leading us there?

[malaise]

5. Didn't he support these criminals?

I do agree that Obama's National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank is the best program being discussed.

[nashville_brook]

7. truly a remarkable proposal!

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/13/finally_a_serious_proposal_on/

[madrchsod]

8. we need fucking jobs! not another credit card!

[Sal Minella]

9. In the movie "Is Wal-Mart Good for America," a shipping supervisor in San Diego

said she sees loads of raw hides being shipped out to China, finished shoes being shipped in...cotton shipped out, finished clothing shipped in...bales of waste paper shipped out, cardboard cartons full of manufactured merchandise shipped in. Which does make us sound like a third-world country, doesn't it. Thanks much to the efforts of Wal-Mart to drive jobs overseas.

[nashville_brook]

12. i say we say save the energy of shipping, and use that stuff right here!

http://www.treehugger.com/design_architecture/


this idea is catching fire in design communities. it's a bit of good news.

[gaspee]

10. So when does he announce?

His third party candidacy?

[ananda]

11. That was the intention..

AFAIK

[phantom power]

13. and it's going to resemble it a lot more before it's all over