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2012-10-30 Economy

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Posted by Au Auric 2012-10-30 10:39|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 I remember back with Hurricane Irene the democrates were quite pleased with the prospect of jobs created to fix the damage which would be created; even NC Gov. Bev "don't need no elections" Perdue had to come out and say, "shaddup."

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-10-30 17:28|| 2012-10-30 17:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Krugman was hoping Martians surfed in on Sandy with nukes at the ready to smash some serious glass.

/srsly

Posted by Shipman 2012-10-30 18:03|| 2012-10-30 18:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

Posted by European Conservative 2012-10-30 18:06|| 2012-10-30 18:06|| Front Page Top

#4 I was just wondering: Would the Romney campaign be legally allowed to donate campaign money to the victims or not?

Posted by European Conservative 2012-10-30 18:10|| 2012-10-30 18:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Doubtful, EC. But I'm sure he's already donated a lot of the money that he earned.

Posted by Barbara 2012-10-30 19:13|| 2012-10-30 19:13|| Front Page Top

#6 How does the economic impact of Sandy compare to the last three years of Obamination?

Posted by SteveS 2012-10-30 20:27|| 2012-10-30 20:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Would the Romney campaign be legally allowed to donate campaign money to the victims or not?

The Romney campaign is collecting canned goods and other non-perishables for those hit by the storm, European Conservative, which at this point is better than money.

I heard estimates today that about half the cost of rebuilding will be covered by insurance, for what that's worth.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-10-30 20:39|| 2012-10-30 20:39|| Front Page Top

#8 TW, which is good news unless you work for or invest in an insurance company.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2012-10-30 21:50|| 2012-10-30 21:50|| Front Page Top

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