Bush Rules Out Tax Hike to Fund Recovery
WASHINGTON – President Bush on Friday ruled out raising taxes to pay the massive costs of Gulf Coast reconstruction, saying other government spending must be cut to pay for a recovery effort expected to swell the national debt by $200 billion or more.
Remember all the complaints about “Tax and spend liberals” a few years ago? Well, they beat the heck out of “Borrow and spend Republicans” … can’t even call ’em conservatives, since they show no fiscal restraint… that’s not *exclusively* a conservative value, but it sure is a core part of what they claim to believe.
Sorry for the lack of content lately, guys. Busy life, should be back to my regular procrastinating and blogging soon…