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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (361754)	12/7/2007 1:33:03 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573824

It's a good point, but you know as well as I do that these bills are a matter of negotiation. The Republicans threatened not to vote for the bill if the Dems insisted on paying for the AMT tax relief with tax increases or spending cuts elsewhere. So they dropped their insistence on pay-as-you-go. But the key learning is this: Republicans are at fault here for fiscal irresponsibility. They don't like they concept of pay-as-you-go and this has been the pattern for 7 years with the Bush Administration. As a result, I think we'll see more Republicans kicked out of office in the next few years. It's a damned shame, because with Dems controlling the White House and Congress, we're going to get alot of legislation that goes against Republican core values. I wish the Republicans would go back to their roots of fiscal responsibility. When did we lose that? The answer is when Bush came to power. Bush Sr was a fiscal conservative. I guess silver spoon Jr doesn't know how to be. And the people he surrounds himself with are no better.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (361754)	12/7/2007 2:01:23 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1573824

"So which of the 88 senators who voted for the bill are not Republican?" Look at it this way. They've filibustered so many things, why not this? Or is it only important enough to filibuster if Bush opposes it?