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

To: Richard S who wrote (455957)	9/10/2003 9:02:24 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

"Irregardless"?

To: Richard S who wrote (455957)	9/10/2003 9:05:05 AM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769668

I'll agree with you that spending was not cut by Bush. I would have preferred this. But, I still prefer to have received the tax cut. And, I still maintain that I am personally "better off" for having received it. If you think that the Federal Government is a corrupt and out-of-control organization (as I do), then it is better to cut taxes as much as possible regardless of the short-term impact on the deficit. Otherwise, they will just keep taking even more of our money and the deficit will just persist anyway. The federal government is like a drug addict who is addicted to our tax money. It is better that the addiction be stopped sooner rather than later. Viewed in this light, I could argue that the tax cuts are good for the country in the LONG-TERM even though the deficit increased in the SHORT-TERM.