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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (19661)	5/1/2004 6:25:03 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Respond to of 81568

You wrote: "Bush never promised to pay for his stuff." "And we can proceed with tax relief without fear of budget deficits, even if the economy softens. Projections for the surplus in my budget are cautious and conservative. They already assume an economic slowdown in the year 2001." George W. Bush, March 27, 2001 OK, we had a recession in 2001 and the impact of 9/11. What did Bush say? "our budget will run a deficit that will be small and short-term" George W. Bush, SOTU Jan 29, 2002 Deficit over last 12 months: $682 Billion. "Small and short-term"? "without fear of budget deficits"? I think those are broken promises.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (19661)	5/1/2004 6:41:04 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Respond to of 81568

<<Bush never promised to pay for his stuff.>> From his first address to congress as President: My budget has funded a responsible increase in our ongoing operations, it has funded our Nation's important priorities, it has protected Social Security and Medicare, and our surpluses are big enough that there is still money left over. Many of you have talked about the need to pay down our national debt. I have listened, and I agree. My budget proposal pays down an unprecedented amount of public debt. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to act now, and I hope you will join me to pay down $2 trillion in debt during the next 10 years. At the end of those 10 years, we will have paid down all the debt that is available to retire. That is more debt repaid more quickly than has ever been repaid by any nation at any time in history. We should also prepare for the unexpected, for the uncertainties of the future. We should approach our Nation's budget as any prudent family would, with a contingency fund for emergencies or additional spending needs. For example, after a strategic review, we may need to increase defense spending, we may need additional money for our farmers, or additional money to reform Medicare And so my budget sets aside almost a trillion dollars over 10 years for additional needs -- that is one trillion additional reasons you can feel comfortable supporting this budget. We have increased our budget at a responsible 4 percent, we have funded our priorities, we have paid down all the available debt, we have prepared for contingencies -- and we still have money left over. That's why we all love the guy: he says what he means, and he means what he says... Steve Dietrich