[Drennan Whyte]

And temporary tax cuts are no better for the country than no tax cuts at all, because they provide ZERO incentive for government to cut spending.

Have I missed something here? When has this administration shown any concern about the deficit or any desire at all to cut spending? Bush will advocate making the tax cuts permanent on principle, not because it has any hope of resulting in lower spending.

[inquest]

Bush will advocate making the tax cuts permanent on principle

Yeah, whenever he gets around to it...