Recession? What recession? The Bushes Buy Fine China for almost 1/2 a mil.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

And as another note, yes Mrs. Clinton did buy new china and the Clintons left office with a surplus. There was extra money to be spent as far as Im concerned.

That's not actually true.

[I.A.S.K.]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Well said!!!

Since, in reply to my inference about her comment DeepImapct2 said "Well said" I do not believe that I got her wrong. I may have. DeepImpact2 will have to clear this up.

So, DeepImapct2 did you mean what I thought you meant by your comment?

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Last I checked American citizens can barely get near the White House, let alone even VISIT it. How does the china belong to us?

^^The statement about being able to visit the white house had absolutely everything to do with the china. She was disputing the belief that the china belonged to all of us because not all of us can visit the white house to use the china.

Originally Posted by epchick

No, that is what YOU assumed she (is deepimpact a she?) meant.
Yes. That is what I assumed she (she is a she) meant. I also assumed that if she meant something different she would have made that known when she responded to my post (as she did with you and others who misunderstood), but she did not. She replied "well said" which suggests that I understood what she meant.
Her statement about "barely" being about to visit the White House, had absolutely nothing to do with the china (the china question was in regards to SWTXBelle's comment). She was talking about the "hoops" and "hurdles" it takes to visit the White House--which people have already told her aren't that difficult to get through.


ETA: So going by your logic, since you interpreted deepimpact's statement a different way (than what she meant)--you are wrong.

So, going by my logic I may be wrong. It will just take the clarification of DeepImpact2 to tell.

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

That's not actually true.

What is not actually true?

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

What is not actually true?

While some debt was paid back to the American public (treasury bonds and such), neither the national debt nor the deficit were ever in the black nor was the budget ever balanced during his terms.

[SWTXBelle]

Also, there seems to be a belief that spending money during a recession is bad. This is false. The BEST thing for those with money to do right now is SPEND it - businesses are going under because there simply are no buyers. If money doesn't start moving we are going to have even more problems- a terrible trickle down effect which some are feeling even as we speak.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Also, there seems to be a belief that spending money during a recession is bad. This is false. The BEST thing for those with money to do right now is SPEND it - businesses are going under because there simply are no buyers. If money doesn't start moving we are going to have even more problems- a terrible trickle down effect which some are feeling even as we speak.

Can't spend what you don't have.

Can't make it to spend if you don't something to make it with.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Can't spend what you don't have.

Can't make it to spend if you don't something to make it with.

Which is why it's important for those who do have the money to spend to get out and spend it for the sake of the rest of us.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

Which is why it's important for those who do have the money to spend to get out and spend it for the sake of the rest of us.

Let me borrow 10 bucks form you, I'm good for it once the recession is over!

[honeychile]

For just a minute, I was almost stupid enough to come out of my (legally) medicated coma to comment about totally uninformed people posting about things they know nothing about. But since certain posters haven't gotten the point already, I'm going back to bed.

The china was made by American companies Lenox and Pickard, for both formal and less formal occasions, all paid by private funds. Don't like it? Don't donate.

I'm going to ignore how "hard" it is to get in to see the White House. That's a thread of its own. nihgt.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by honeychile

For just a minute, I was almost stupid enough to come out of my (legally) medicated coma to comment about totally uninformed people posting about things they know nothing about. But since certain posters haven't gotten the point already, I'm going back to bed.

The china was made by American companies Lenox and Pickard, for both formal and less formal occasions, all paid by private funds. Don't like it? Don't donate.

I'm going to ignore how "hard" it is to get in to see the White House. That's a thread of its own. nihgt.

Feel better, honeychile.