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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (172075)	7/20/2003 4:11:54 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576612

Jim, re: With smoke and mirrors at best. No, with a significant reduction in fed employee's, leading to flat spending. Bush1 started the move to a balanced budget with his about face on "no new taxes", a good, conservative move. Now we are back to the "drunken sailor" approach to fiscal policy, after two relatively responsible administrations. John

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (172075)	7/20/2003 5:53:59 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576612

RE:"The budget was balanced under Clinton. What's your point?" With smoke and mirrors at best. I guess a tax break is just a gift to the rich when a Republican does it? You gotta be the only person I know who would say that Clinton cut taxes...to look at one tax change and call it a policy is to trivialize the topic...generally Clinton raised taxes for the highest earners during his presidency. This was partly responsible for the shrinking budget imbalance...the rest came from a thriving economy. Are you calling that smoke and mirrors? Al