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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: philv who wrote (19386)	10/20/2003 6:04:43 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81904

Phil > Did you write this piece? To use Darleen's expression, "I laughing out loud." I love this bit >>>Time to follow Alice for another quick trip down Washington's rabbit hole. <<< and this >>>The President and congressional leaders are going to try to make $87 billion in federal spending disappear. <<< This is priceless >>>the President will insist that exceeding his cap by just one dollar will jeopardize the nation's economic future. Said the Office of Management & Budget on Sept. 4: "Only within such a fiscal environment can we encourage increased economic growth and a return to a balanced budget."<<< And >>>While Bush and Congress are fighting over every dollar, they're going to pretend the $87 billion in Iraq money doesn't count <<< I don't know why this was even mentioned >>>In truth, the government will spend more than $1.3 trillion next year -- close to twice the discretionay-spending target -- on stuff that doesn't count in Washington's debates over fiscal responsibility. <<< And this is a little bit nasty. I mean, no-one wants to know about things like this? >>And how will Uncle Sam pay for all these extra burdens? With real money that Treasury will have to borrow, creating real debt that your kids will be paying off for the rest of their lives.<<< But, anyway, do you know what will happen? Some bad guy will explode a bomb or something similar in one of the cities --- and then W will appear in his Superman outfit, tell them more stories about terrorism, show them another bin Laden movie, play a tape by Saddam --- and the American people will vote him again --- just like they voted for Arnie.