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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (338311)1/6/2003 10:01:18 AM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
fear thats going to be expensive and I dont see how we can expect a balanced budget this term without severe cutting of social programs which just isnt in the cards

not only is cutting not in the cards, jdn....with states having to actually balance budgets, look for *more* cost shifting of social safety net programs to be transferred to the federal government, all of the non federally funded state mandates (especially in CA and sw border states...... will become a political liability for any president who does not take on this responsibility. just like it would be political suicide (as jorj said) for any politician to not extend unemployment benefits...who really knows the $$$ cost of that...but no way any politician can vote against such measures (and expect to be re-elected)...as the job loss continues and lack of job creation takes it's toll expect the federal cost of social programs to continue to rise.
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