[thechat] State of Union Address

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed Jan 29 04:05:01 CST 2003


On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Erik Mattheis wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 07:57 PM, Erik Mattheis wrote:
>
> > Something to ponder as we wait for the State of the Union Address:
> Something else to ponder. Bus cut taxes in 2001 because we had a budget
> surplus. In 2003 Bush wants to cut taxes because there's a budget
> deficit. Explain that, please ...

And besides, if you have a budget deficit from previous years, don't you
still owe *someone* money? And if you're not going to pay it from surplus,
where are you going to find it from? Someone else's country?

Cheers
Martin


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