https://freerepublic.com/tag/kennedyobituary/ en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:27:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328226/posts Picture a recovering alcoholic falling off the wagon. First he says he can handle a few drinks... But eventually he turns mean... As a drunk is to alcohol, the Bush administration is to budget deficits. During the 2000 campaign George W. Bush often pledged to maintain fiscal responsibility... [H]is people said they could cut taxes, pay for new programs... and still pay off most of the federal government's debt... Now the budget director, Mitch Daniels, has admitted the obvious: The federal government faces the prospect of large deficits as far as the eye can see. And sure enough, the drunk... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328226/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:27:06 GMT