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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: Neocon who wrote (8246)12/6/2001 8:04:45 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
As far a Bush's original budget proposal goes, I hope you are not arguing that he should be held accountable for not anticipating the meltdown in the economy, or the shock of the September attacks. Even if one can argue that the budget was optimistic,...

He gets a free pass on Sept 11, but that only accounts for 15% of the difference, between the original proposal and today's estimate. He doesn't get a pass on optimism or not anticipating the meltdown in the economy. The signs were well in progress at the time the budget was generated. The quarterly numbers just hadn't filtered through the system. He knew, as well as, the budget committees did that the numbers were fantasy. It was a budget game that Reagan developed and Bush Jr. took it to new levels.

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