[peacebaby]

I absolutely disagree with this request of President Bush's, and I'm greatly disturbed by our deficit.

I want to trust the President, and cannot for the life of me understand how he justifies all this spending. Certainly, he must have "plans" for leveling out the deficit, i.e. cutting the National Endowment for the Arts program.

And, it doesn't help for me to defend the President to those who dislike/hate him.

[ohioWfan]

The State of the Union outlined some of the spending cuts in this term. It's not enough, but it's at least going in the right direction.

The spending for Iraq and Afghanistan and our military is critical to our safety.

[NutCrackerBoy]

[The President] must have "plans" for leveling out the deficit, i.e. cutting the National Endowment for the Arts program.

No offense, but your mentioning the NEA in the same breath with the deficit gave me the best laugh I've had today. NEA spending is truly peanuts.