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

To: Mark Konrad who wrote (399284)	4/25/2003 11:26:32 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769667

Re: "I think Gerald Ford is still the "King of Veto" if memory serves (perhaps an underrated President, at least as far as fiscal conservatism goes)...I stashed a "WIN" button someplace very safe eons ago...it's safe from me, I can't find it to save my life." >>> LOL. There were only two things which did him in... the pardon and those Saturday Night Live impressions.... "GW has made some spending noises lately, 2 or 3 times within the last week or so but it's too early to tell whether that's a precursor to anything significant. I don't think so." >>> Agreed. 'Noises' have been half-hearted at best... and they are, after all, only noises. Easy to talk the talk. "The optimistic view might be that, like inflation somewhere on the horizon, GW regards deficit spending as a future case of the flu while the economy is a heart attack right now." >>> Perhaps. But that would argue for a more immediately stimulative tax policy... not one phased in over a decade. "Over dramatic, perhaps, but I think GW is correct to seize the recession as an opportunity for tax reduction" >>> So long as the economic benefit isn't overwhelmed by the borrowing trend :( "(I wish it included tax reform and eliminating federal programs as well)." >>> AGREED! "If he is successful in pushing through tax cuts and the economy shows more signs of improvement, congress may accept the notion of spending cuts to reduce the deficit (although I sincerely doubt this particular congress will)." >>> 'No man's wallet is safe when Congress is in session' - Mark Twain. "I think GW will have a hard time reducing the size and scope of government since that would logically involve trimming back or eliminating some of the programs he's already supported." >>> You mean those campaign promises, LOL! ('Triangulating' the Democrats.) "Still, I wouldn't sell this President short at all. From Ann Richards to Janeane Garafolo, he's made a lot of people look pretty foolish for betting against him--MK--" >>> Aye, but political success ('General' Rove) does not necessarily mean achievement of a cohesive agenda... that's why those GAO projections of the effect of deficit spending vs. the planned tax cuts mean so much.