Posted on 11/02/2005 9:43:45 PM PST by n-tres-ted
Novak is more of a reformer than anyone on that commission. What a waste!
Why in the world did Bush let Rats on this commission in the first place?
They are NEVER going to like him, and spend their time actively seeking to torpedo him.
I am so sick of farkin' DemonCraps, and wimpy-a$$ed republicans, that I could spit!
When Steve Forbes wasn't named to the commission, I knew it was a status-quo feel-good do-nothing thing. Sad.
GOP cojones are in Al Gore's lockbox...put there with Hillary's FBI file stash.
Will this get printed in the WAshington Times or anything where the WH might read it? I hope so.
Bush hasn't accomplished much of anything that has been good for America since he was elected. Just add this to the list.
Oh, brother...
Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 48 months
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![]() President Bush signing a federal ban on Partial Birth Abortion
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U.S. Forces In Baghdad
Broke the Chinese Yuan to Dollar currency peg
CAFTA - President Bush signing CAFTA
Bolton to the UN
Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the second group of eight ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a land-based defense (in addition to our sea-based SM-3 and AEGIS systems) of 18 ABM's against North Korean nukes (note: China itself currently only has 24 -out of several hundred- nuclear ICBM's capable of reaching the U.S.)
Energy Bill (new tax cuts...after 5 years of opposition)
Immunity For Gun Manufacturers From Crime-Related Lawsuits
5% unemployment
3.4% annual (after inflation, 5.5% actual) reported GDP Growth
Syrian Troops forced to withdraw from Lebanon
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/07/933f746d-c5d8-491a-bd7c-566de1b66135.html Russians Troops Peacefully Withdraw From Georgia
Brought North Korea to the Negotiating Table and won their agreement to dismantle their Nuclear Weapons Program
Chief Justice John Roberts
Dramatically improved U.S.-India relations via a breakthrough nuclear agreement
Signed Bankruptcy Reform Into Law
Waived Make-Work Enviro Studies For New Oil Drilling
Full Immunity From Frivolous Lawsuits For Our Domestic Gun Industry
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Fed Chairman Bernanke
Excellent list. But expect flames.
Once again Novak misses the boat.
Here's the deal: to win the Presidency, you have to win some Red States. VP Al Gore couldn't do it. Senator Kerry couldn't do it.
Karl Rove knows that fact. He wanted Senator Breaux on this stillborn tax reform commission back in 2002.
Why? Because he knew that **Democrats** would shoot down any proposed reform from President Bush's tax panel.
Why does that matter? Because Louisiana's former Senator Breaux is one of the few Democrats who can flip a Red State to Blue.
By setting up Senator Breaux on President Bush's tax panel, Rove knows that Democrats will vitriolicly criticize everything about that proposal.
Which is to say, Rove knows that Democrats will shoot their own Red State VP candidate in the back.
When 2008 rolls around, the Democrats will have done Karl Rove's work for him. Senator Breaux will be unable to swing a Red State because the criticism of his signature work on the tax panel will have been too intense.
People, this is how the professionals play politics. None of this lucky (more often not) Hail Mary desperation about finding some "scandal" through daily opposition research...nope. At this level the game is played years in advance.
Democrats hate this tax reform panel. They are criticizing it left and right. And as the tax panel's recommendations go down the drain, so too do the Democrats' hopes of winning a Red State in 2008.
No Red States = No Presidency.
Novak is read by everyone in Washington.
Novak is holding his tongue on Flamegate just as the White House is.
Thank you! I was looking for this list not long ago.
Pathetic, asinine, and reprehensible. This ticks me off more than the Miers nomination. It's more than the economy--in order to finance the war on terror, our economy not only has to keep growing, but boom ever harder. Tax reform, making savings and investment easier and more rewarding, would accomplish that. The *only* way to increase tax revenue in the long term is to expand the economy, and the *only* way to expand an already complex economy (or at least the only way fiscal policy can help) is by improving the country's savings rate.
It's just sickening that Bush would stumble in this, but he's blown Social Security reform as well, which is more important than tax reform. Disappointing, infuriating. 10 years from now, the economy is going to have some major major problems because of the generational Social Security burden, and two of things to prepare for that--privatizing Social Security and doing away with the awful tax structure--are D.O.A.
If you don't win any of those Red States, then you lose the 2008 Presidential election.
There'll never be significant tax reform because the sheeple will fight tooth and nail for their mortgage tax deductions and other credits. Nevermind the fact that with a lower overall rate everyone will benefit.
c#10
President Bush has done nothing but talk about SS reform and savings accounts. Big deal - he appoints a tax panel and they stink. Did I miss something...has President Bush committed to following what they say?
The economy has done nothing but expand, and keeps expanding above all predictions. This President has repeatedly touted ownership! Until he actually takes a step to accept anything the "panel" says, take a breath and chill.
Any VAT tax or National sales tax is an absurd idea.
Its is DOA the minute it comes to the floor of either house of Congress.
The American People do not want a flat tax or a VAT tax or another sales tax.
The people who benefit from a such plans should realize they are in a SMALL minority.
Guess you'll be working on Kerry's presidential campaign this time around too.
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