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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (33191)	8/29/2000 11:06:05 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "Are you saying Gore's spending proposals are not going to bust the budget?" Yes.

To: greenspirit who wrote (33191)	8/29/2000 11:12:26 PM
From: phyxter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Neither Gore's spending proposals nor Bush's tax cuts will ever see the light of day once elected. In fact, even Gore's tax cuts are campaign fodder. The so-called surplus is a fictional object based on what are (almost) universally recognized to be unrealistic assumptions. The credit for winning the Cold War goes to Truman, Acheson, and Marshall. It's an old argument, but these men laid the ground work when it was hard and more than just expensive talk, so that the old Soviet Union could be contained until it eventually decayed from its own internal Communist rot. Reagan's contribution is that he almost needlessly bankrupted our society as well. Did we need "Peacekeepers"? Is there anyone around who thinks that spending tens or hundreds of billions on Star Wars makes any sense when a bomb can be brought in on a $100 row boat?