[WilliamReading]

I think he was saying that the world won’t come to an end if the top tax rate for millionaires goes up to 39 percent. Or if the estate tax goes up for the super-rich.

George W. Bush likes to spend money like crazy but doesn’t like to have to pay for it. That will be his legacy.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

The world may not come to an end, but I personally feel it is immoral and repugnant for the government to lay claim to almost 40% of anyone's hard-earned wages. Almost half! And that's not counting other taxes, etc.

As for GWB, the answer is simple - don't spend like a drunken sailor! Too late, unfortunately.