What was that? I cant hear you.
Posted on 07/30/2004 8:14:15 PM PDT by presidentbowen
Highest deficit/Highest GDP. What's the problem?
Don't know, but I for one, am sick and tired about hearing these deficits. Please, no flames! I know we are at war, but we need to go back to the days of cutting every social program across the board but defense and intelligence. I really miss President Reagan.
That is correct. Deficit reflected as a percentage of the GDP, rather than in absolute dollars is a better indicator. The tax cuts have expanded the tax base, just as they did under Reagan. They need to be made permanent, and of course get this spending spree under control.
Right after the election. Keep in mind that even Kerry is only planning to cut the deficit by 50% in 4 years. That is pathetic. I'll take a chance that GW returns to basics after the election.
Then you must be thrilled that it's about $100 billion lower than expected, thanks to a strong economy spurred by the President's multiple rounds of tax cuts.
More brainless spin from the lemmings on the Left. They've discovered fiscal discipline just in time for the election!
Bush needs one Clintonian moment in this campaign. Hear me out before screaming at me! When Clinton said "Some of you thin I've raised your taxes too much, and you know what, I think so too" it was smart politics. Bush should, at some point, say "Some think domestic spending has increased too much during my presidency, and you know what, I think so too. In my second term we'll do a whole lot better."
The AP is just doing what it always does.
Ignoring the truth.
Reuters is the same way.
Schripps-Howard remains relatively reliable.
Well there you go. Completely out of control spending. We need a damn Constitutional Amendment to mandate a balanced budget and a 2/3 majority required for any tax increase with NO friggin' loopholes. Is this why we elected a Republican government?
Bush's deficits are only at the level of Carter's budgets. It's time to worry when Bush's (or Kerry's) deficits grow to the size of Reagan's budgets.
He also apparently has no clue what a veto is.
It's actually quite in line with the CBO projections - the White House overestimated the deficit for political purposes.
What was that? I cant hear you.
That, and we need a Taxpayer Bill Of Rights for every state! Thank you Governor Owens! Owens in 2008!
For now though,
Bush/Cheney '04 :-)
In your humble opinion, what should President Bush veto?
And this is comforting how?
It's comforting like a gravel mattress is.
He should have vetoed a lot of things, trouble is he's apparently for the damn spending just like Congress. The ridiculously huge farm subsidy bill, the massive pork fest transportation bill, and the largest new entitlement since the Johnson administraction prescription health care bill. Oh I could think of more. How about that 1st 78 billion dollar bill (ostensibly for our soldiers) that John SKerry voted against. Did you read the damn thing? About 3/4 of it was FOREIGN AID. 9 billion went to Isreal, 4 billion went to Turkey. WTF?! Oh there's much more. These packages and more have been put together by the administration in consultation with the Republican majority in the Congress. Reagan at least had an excuse as the opposition controlled congress. Bush has no excuse.
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