[weikel]

I wish the libertarians( and im philosophically a Randist I can't recall ever disagreeing except on a few very minor points with any article the objectivist center put out) would do two things 1) organize as a cacus or pressure group within the Republican party and not act as spoilers the way to nail the big government statist RINOs is by taking over the Republican apparatus and in the primaries 2) Get rid of the peaceniks, anarchist and antisemites.

Lately the libertarians( with the exception of the objectivists there a good consistent right wing group) have been acing like useful idiots for the radical left.

[Capitalism2003]

I honestly think the plan here is to spend the money...take a short term hit with the party faithful...continue reducing taxes...make all tax reductions permanent...spend a little $$ on entitlement programs to remove the issues from 04' elections...give the dems what they want...give them NOTHING to run on next year...take all of the issues away from them and...

Result: 2004
Democrats = NO ISSUES

Bush = VICTORY IN IRAQ...GROWING ECONOMY, PERMANENTLY LOWER TAX BRACKETS

Americans = HAPPY

Jan 2005...Bush re-election, GOP increases majority in both houses. All non military spending reduced 5-10% annually for the next 4 years. Vast majority of pointless subsidies/welfare programs ended...School vouchers legalized (and encouraged), social security privatization moves forward...We continue to reduce taxes and all non military spending across the board, month by month. As the burden is lifted from the American people...liberalism will be crushed once and for all.

The end.

At least, I HOPE that is what the agenda is.
Definately worth a short term spending spree.



At least, that SHOULD be the plan.

[Uncle Miltie]

I regret every dime I sent to Cato. One of their leadership was on the radio today after Powell's speech, decrying intervention in Iraq. He believes in containment.

Loser.

[thegreatbeast]

No doubt this article and press event is skewed to a partisan purpose but that does not injure the truth of it. George Walker Bush is a very generous man. From the insurors of NYC to the education establishment (read teachers' unions read democratic party) to the airline industry to the AIDS industry, when Mr. Bush sees an outstretched palm his instinct is to fill it with billions of your dollars. Bush's attraction back in 2000 was that he was a republican who believed in smaller government and less taxes. That meant cutting the federal budget. What happened?

[Waco]

Don't worry about the tax cuts,,The states will will dream up to taxes to the $$$. Take any Fed. tax cut you can get. More and more libertarians seem to be libs. with a different kind of mental problem.

[hove]

Hello people! Didn't I just see something about Bush sending up a proposed 2.2 trillion $ budget?? Our president damn sure isn't about reducing government! In fact.....he's a spending fool if he gets his way. Not very conservative from my perspective.

[Republic of Texas]

This is what attracts people to Libertarians. Not one word about pot or porn. Hopefully they'll keep this up, and one day they will find themselves with a real political party.

[Uncle Bill]

"If you think President Bush's tax cuts will save you money, guess again, ... the long-term spending increases in his new budget outnumber tax cuts by a ratio of 10 to 1."

"Showing gratitude for Bush's tax cuts is like thanking a pickpocket for returning $10 of the $100 he just stole,"

"This budget proves that Bush and his Republican colleagues are nothing more than political pickpockets – and that the American people are their unwitting victims."

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