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To: RetiredNow who wrote (8043)5/7/2009 7:34:20 AM
From: koan  Respond to of 86356
 
>>Agreed. It's the same as when Bush was President. The same folks that were so in favor of spending hundreds of billions on the Iraq war were the same ones who were adamantly against paying increased taxes to pay for it. A bit hypocritical, don't you think?>>

Only president to ever cut taxes during a war. And he ran the war off budget. And as he compared it to WWII where was the gas rationg, saving bonds and victory gardens?

While crass, bush's primary goal as president was to help his rich friends,IMO. very first thing he did was cut over a trillion in tax cuts to 1/10 of 1% of the richest people.

And told people he ws doing it.



To: RetiredNow who wrote (8043)5/26/2009 1:18:09 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86356
 
The same folks that were so in favor of spending hundreds of billions on the Iraq war were the same ones who were adamantly against paying increased taxes to pay for it.

No new taxes where needed to pay for it. If Iraq was the only new or additional spending the budget would have been in a surplus through most of Bush's time in office. The lion's share of the increase in spending went to other areas.


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