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Old question: What did you do in the war, daddy? New answer: I pocketed a large tax cut, honey. Pause. And then I passed the bill for the war onto you. That, essentially, is the generational transaction established by the sweeping tax cut President Bush proposed last week. The proposal commits Bush to a goal unprecedented in U.S. history: cutting taxes in wartime. Forget guns and butter: Bush is now offering bombs and caviar. That's an odd combination, as Bush demonstrated in the speech last week when he announced his plan. First he emphasized the threat that international terrorism poses...