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To: stockman_scott who wrote (212676)	1/12/2007 11:07:53 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

Bush appears to have developed a new doctrine. For the lack of a better term..."The Bush Doctrine" The Bush Doctrine: Everyone [US] should have more money in their pockets to spend during war time. jttmab P.S. The lower 25 percentile don't count when he speaks of everyone.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (212676)	1/12/2007 12:16:18 PM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bush has more than paid for the war with his tax cuts. Lefties can't fathom such things with their misguided taxation blinders and scare tactics. ------------------------------------------------- Economic Growth: 3.4% annualized real GDP growth so far this year. (Last updated: December 8, 2006) Tax Revenues: Tax receipts up 11.8% in fiscal year 2006 (FY06) on top of FY05’s 14.6% increase. Receipts have grown another 9% percent so far in FY07. (Last updated: December 29, 2006) ustreas.gov

To: stockman_scott who wrote (212676)	1/12/2007 12:51:12 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 281500

"Bush Breaks 150-Year History of Higher U.S. Taxes in Wartime" But S2, all those other wars were before the discovery that cutting taxes RAISES revenue! Those ignorant clods of the "Greatest generation"! Bush should cut taxes to ZERO to finance the war!

To: stockman_scott who wrote (212676)	1/12/2007 12:57:32 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Neither, Bush is out to kill government. It's the meet-every-wednesday-and-plot idea of bankrupting the US Treasury in order to weaken the government and quash democracy. These guys should be wearing British red coats and sipping tea for all they know about American democracy. This is the very loudly stated goal of the Grover Norquist contingent of the American Wanna-Be Aristocracy. They don't understand why 99% of Americans shouldn't be devoting their lives for the betterment of the top 1%...Bush's self-acknowledged BASE. To this end, they've been trying to bankrupt: 1. Medicare with that insane bill 2. Social Security by turning it over to Wall Street (ie themselves and their cronies) at a cost of $2T to the taxpayer 3. The US Treasury with a Tax&Steal&Make War policies It's all the same idea -- kill the middle class by transfering money to the ultrawealthy and you kill democracy. Democracy only survives when you have a STRONG AND LARGE MIDDLE CLASS. It's not about religion, it's not about ethnicity, it's not about anything else --- IT'S ABOUT MONEY.