Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Like I stated, this will piss off the left to no end!!! POINT PROVEN AGAIN!!
How very insightful of you.

I don't know about anyone else, but my problem stems from W's lack of any real logic.

He's stated that he won't consider raising taxes to offset some of the reconstruction costs. So that only leaves two options: budget cuts or further deficit spending.

Budget cuts aren't the answer as those cuts would most likely come from programs designed to aid the poor, since those are the cuts the GOP always wants. It would be the height of hypocrisy to help New Orlean's poor at the expense of those in the rest of America. Maybe even W. can see that.

Deficit spending is something I've never understood from this so-called conservative. It makes no sense, but I don't think W. cares; it won't be his problem when the effects start to roll in - Bush 41's recession was a product of Reagan-era deficit spending.

This president hasn't had a balanced budget since 2001. You can blame that on whatever you want, but the fact remains we've sunk further into debt than ever before. W's answers to this problem have been tax cuts, tax cuts and more tax cuts. To top it off, costs such as those incurred from fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the reconstruction of Iraq aren't folded into the federal budget so it's tough to know exactly how big the deficit really is except that it's obviously bigger than the OMB reports. Katrina costs will no doubt not find their way into the federal budget either.

I also have a problem in that W. wants to give more tax cuts to businesses affected by the hurricane. While that sounds good, it makes no sense as nearly all businesses are insured and don't necessarily need the extra money to go back into operation. So how is this rather pointless tax cut going to be offset?

It's bad enough that W. doesn't have a sensible plan to deal with post-war Iraq. It is, after all, another country. But to be so totally out of touch with reality when an American region is involved, well that's just shameful.

And I don't even to get into his whole lottery plan for housing.
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