[Dane]

Don't know who David Gold is, but he is correct. At $200 billion, we could just give every displaced family a check for $400,000. It's a monumental waste of money. The GOP are the worst spenders in history

Oh sheesh that is the propaganda from the writer in today's WSJ.

A lot of that money is going into infrastructure(plus a good dose of conservatism such as school vouchers and home ownership).

[Rodney King]

Oh sheesh that is the propaganda from the writer in today's WSJ.

Yeah, Stephen Moore. Otherwise known as "the writer" for those who are big spenders.

A lot of that money is going into infrastructure(plus a good dose of conservatism such as school vouchers and home ownership).

Taking money from me to give to others for homes is not conservatism, it's socialism.

[churchillbuff]

How are we ever going to get rid of the alternative minimum tax, and other tax outrages -- like what remains of the marriage penalty, and the still-too-high cap gain taxes -- if we dont' cut spending? Already, Bush's plan to permanently gut the death tax has been sidelined because of all this Katrina spending orgy.

[Jim_Curtis]

A lot of that money is going into infrastructure(plus a good dose of conservatism such as school vouchers and home ownership).

I don't own a house, can't afford one, and I can't afford to buy a house for anyone else either.

The people of New Orleans would have torn down the levees years ago if they knew it meant winning a lottery.