[Willie Green]

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[hflynn]

President George W. Bush's call for additional tax cuts raises questions about whether the economy has really reached a point of self-sustaining recovery, or is simply lurching forward under the influence of stimulants. Taxes have been cut three times since 2001. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the estimated budget deficit will be $422 billion this year, $348 billion next year and then stabilize around $275-280 billion every year for the rest of the decade. This is a radical turnaround from the $236 billion surplus of 2000.

1st of all the 236 billion dollar surplus of 2000 was a projection not an existing tangible pile of money, 2nd All I hear is numb nuts Kerry saying we shouldn't spent 200 billion on the war on terror instead we should have spent 200 billion on social initiatives in the US. How does that change the deficit? It is still 200 billion spent.

Kerry is an economic Girlie Man willing to put our lives at stake in favor of socialistic waste of money programs.

[TXnMA]

Still at it, I see...

[ninenot]

Perhaps the most significant part of the article is the second half, in which Rummy makes it clear that he thinks the world will "return to peace" in the near future.

I think Rummy's out on a limb there, to say the least. Even if we cut troop allocation in Iraq to 10K or so by next June and maintain that only as a 'forward presence,' replacing Saudi Arabia US bases, the possibility of deployment requiring more than 125K troops remains quite high.

What's up with THAT???