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To: Hank Rearden

When you consider past government "projections" on spending underestimate the actual cost by 300 or 400%, I wouldn't be surprised to see this 550 billion dollar medicare bill end up costing $2 trillion this decade.

Biggest budget EVER, and new entitlements piling on every day...

Conservative?


13 posted on 07/11/2004 9:42:14 PM PDT by Capitalism2003 (America is too great for small dreams. - Ronald Reagan, speech to Congress. January 1, 1984.)
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To: Capitalism2003

The talk like Reagan and govern like under LBJ. Odd but true.


17 posted on 07/11/2004 9:46:39 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Capitalism2003
Yep. Bush's "free" pill vote-buying scam for Greedy Geezers will go north of $1 Trillion very quickly. Wait for the projections to come out after the election, though.

Disgusting.

Congressional gridlock is far preferable to "limited government" Republicans.

19 posted on 07/11/2004 9:47:53 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Refuse to allow anyone who could only get a government job tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Capitalism2003

I love GWB for his tax stance and foreign policy, War On Terror, etc. However, I am not thrilled with his spending habits. But is there an alternative? As in, a way to get what we all really want? I don't think third parties are the answer--the only way to make it happen is to get more Republicans to grow some balls and live out Reagan's dreams--but more so. Eliminate some departments, phase out the income tax and phase in a NRST or something similar.


27 posted on 07/11/2004 9:50:23 PM PDT by RockinRight
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