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Politics : The Castle
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To: American Spirit who wrote (2137)10/10/2003 7:32:09 PM
From: TimF   of 7936
 
If Wilson raised spending 38% there should be less need to raise spending again, but according to your figures Davis raised it 40% (from a larger base). Also Davis continued to raise spending once the economy started to falter and revenues decline, then he lied about the extent of the deficit which was in fact several times larger then he claimed. This lie helped lead to his recall.

Bush also needs to rescind his tax cuts for the rich to pay for this expensive war of his. But of course he refuses to.

The biggest factor leading to the federal deficit is neither war, nor the tax cuts but rather the slowing of the economy leading to lower tax revenues. The 2nd biggest factor is increased non-war spending over the last several years. Bush shares in the responsibility for that spending. If you want to blast Bush as a spendthrift be my guess but that isn't a defense of Davis.

Tim
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