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To: groanup

The only tax cuts that worked were authored mainly by Congressman Bill Thomas in 2003. W’s tax cuts like the one time rebates that he’s doing again don’t work. The president has influence on the value of the dollar since his agency, the Treasury can choose to intervene or not intervene. He has 100% control over executive orders. He should have lifted the ban on offshore drilling back in 2001. He can influence the regulations and spending coming out of Congress with vetoes, which he chose not to do. He supported big budget increases for the IRS and SEC so they could harass businesses and individuals. He supported Sarbanes Oxley which has had a negative impact on our economy. And he supported amnesty for illegals.


40 posted on 08/04/2008 8:06:03 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62
The president has influence on the value of the dollar since his agency, the Treasury can choose to intervene or not intervene.

No, the Fed does that, not the Treasury.

He has 100% control over executive orders.

Which didn't allow immediate drilling anyway. Congress has to act.

He supported big budget increases for the IRS and SEC so they could harass businesses and individuals. He supported Sarbanes Oxley which has had a negative impact on our economy. And he supported amnesty for illegals.

You are correct.

But the best thing he did for the economy was to cut taxes. The economy blasted off for 6 years. Revenues to the Treasury increased for most of those years. He tried (poorly) to privatize some of SS.

Economically he was one of the better presidents.

44 posted on 08/04/2008 9:41:12 AM PDT by groanup (Here, bend over and let me give you my carbon footprint.)
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