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To those that are crying that we should spend the money Bush asked for and more on Iraq. I ask, do you have the courage of your convictions to call for a tax hike to pay for what you think is so important?

No I won't ask for a tax hike. The President has one obligation to the country and that is to protect us from all threats whether foreign or domestic. This "War on Terror" fits the bill in my opinion. We need to cut programs not increase taxes.

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No I won't ask for a tax hike. The President has one obligation to the country and that is to protect us from all threats whether foreign or domestic. This "War on Terror" fits the bill in my opinion. We need to cut programs not increase taxes.

But our President and our Republican Congress will not do that. They have not cut anything (except taxes).

Sometimes I think fiscal conservatism has died here on Free Republic. Conservatives used to believe in paying their own way – Not transferring the burden to their children and grandchildren. Now the prevailing thought is to spend as much as it takes and leave the dying and the paying to someone else. We deserve what befalls us.