[chiller]

MTP; Spending, even conservatives say you're spending too much

GWB; they're wrong..discretionary spending is decreasing.

MTP; tax cuts during war? why. No President has lowered taxes during war..

GWB; I believe in keeping more money in people's pockets..(paraphrase) it helps the economy and jobs....

Tim sure has a thing for tax cuts. ...jeeezzz.

[elbucko]

MTP; tax cuts during war? why. No President has lowered taxes during war..

That is where Bush should have replied: "And at the end of every one of these wars was a recession, a deep one. Raising taxes during war time, is like cutting the plow horse's feed when you're plowing hard ground.