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2004-02-02 10:19:13 AM
Oh boy, here we go again!!!
 
2004-02-02 10:19:29 AM
Man alive. Every time I read the news, that budget gets bigger.

I'd better stop reading the news.
 
2004-02-02 10:20:14 AM
Who's going to start the flames on this one?

But honestly, who didn't see this one coming?
 
2004-02-02 10:20:50 AM
Most of it is earmarked for education and environmental protection, right?



/look out...
 
2004-02-02 10:21:01 AM
But its ok..... because he had Subway for lunch and saved money on his car insurance by switching to bikini snow volleyba....errrr um Geico.
 
2004-02-02 10:21:08 AM
That's a lot of pesos.
 
2004-02-02 10:21:12 AM
Why not infinity +1 dollars. This guy is way too liberal.
 
2004-02-02 10:21:34 AM
can't we just have the treasury print off a trillion dollar bill or two?
 
2004-02-02 10:21:49 AM
oh boy...more flame'n

these right/left wars get me through the work day!

thanks fark!

/back to lurking
 
2004-02-02 10:21:50 AM
He's working his way up to the bazillions...
 
2004-02-02 10:21:56 AM
I heard a $521 billion deficit is known as being "conservative."

Who's going to pay that all off?

Oh, wait. I am. And you are. If they spread it out equally over every American, that's about $2000 each of us will have to pay just for this year.
 
2004-02-02 10:22:24 AM
Sounds good to me. Just stick the bill to him and his oil cowboys..they can afford it.
 
2004-02-02 10:22:53 AM
Who's going to start the flames on this one?

What the heck...

"However, Democrats immediately attacked the spending proposal for what they viewed as harmful reductions in various government programs"

Bush proposes largest budget ever.

Democrats complain that he's not spending enough.
 
2004-02-02 10:23:00 AM
Thank god for Bush. That money is earmarked for job growth!!!
 
2004-02-02 10:23:09 AM
Good thing he's not one of those "tax and spend" democrats.
 
2004-02-02 10:23:17 AM
Bubbaprog

cBS wouldn't show a commercial that asked that same question you just did about Who was going to pay off the deficit.

They said it was "too political"

Funny that.
 
2004-02-02 10:23:33 AM
Son of Thunder: That doesn't work; Bush doesn't read the news, yet still it grows.
 
2004-02-02 10:23:41 AM
....and all of it is allocated for a huge diamond encrusted Texas pendant. The President was quoted as saying "Don't hate - I needs to shine, I needs my bling."
 
2004-02-02 10:24:18 AM
Republicans argue that the deficit is leverage for tighter price control on spending

Democrats argue that the deficit is is an example of the economy not being handled correctly

Each party leverages it for their own gain-- so who cares? :P Our GNP is just fine so who gives a shiate if we've got a rather pricey platinum card--
 
2004-02-02 10:25:18 AM
Who's going to pay that all off?

Oh, wait. I am. And you are. If they spread it out equally over every American, that's about $2000 each of us will have to pay just for this year.


Nah...let's just wait a few years until the baby boomers retire en masse and the tax burden falls squarely on young punks like me.

/still drunk...pay no attention here
 
fha
2004-02-02 10:25:26 AM
Ooh, you could have $400 for every human on earth with that sort of cash.
 
2004-02-02 10:25:27 AM
The Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency were targeted for the biggest reductions.

This man is butt raping our country.
~B~
 
2004-02-02 10:25:30 AM
That doesn't work; Bush doesn't read the news, yet still it grows.

Curses! Foiled again!
 
2004-02-02 10:25:55 AM
Ha, it doesn't even include Afghanistan or Iraq costs in it. That's hilarious.
 
2004-02-02 10:26:25 AM
"Our nation remains at war," Bush said in his budget message. "This nation has committed itself to the long war against terror. And we will see that war to its inevitable conclusion: the destruction of the terrorists."


GOP: the party of fiscal conservatives and small government.

Would you ditto heads like some mayo with your hypocrisy?
 
2004-02-02 10:26:39 AM
those silly tax and spend democrats.....
 
2004-02-02 10:26:53 AM
Yet some agencies are facing severe cutbacks. There will probably be some RIFs in DoC and other departments not tied to the military.

Maybe it's time to send the resume to Haliburton. At least I'd be assured a job for the next 4 years if (when?) Bush is re-elected...
 
2004-02-02 10:27:02 AM
The government should send each of us photos of the Iraqis we're adopting. Give us that warm 'n fuzzy feeling about it.
 
2004-02-02 10:27:28 AM
Oh boy, here we go again!!!

Here comes that certain kind of thread
That some folks love and some folks dread
Me? I'll sit on the side lines
Composing silly and snide rhymes.

As far as Bush's budget plan
There's little faith I've in the man
With all he's spent and all he's done
He's truly the prodigal son.
 
2004-02-02 10:27:33 AM
boring... more Janet tit shots!
 
2004-02-02 10:28:01 AM
Every time I read that figure, I imagine him putting his pinky to the corner of his lip.

/got nothin'
 
2004-02-02 10:28:28 AM
"To battle the soaring deficits, Bush proposed squeezing scores of government programs and sought outright spending cuts in seven of 16 Cabinet-level agencies. The Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency were targeted for the biggest reductions."

Sure, reduce the funding for the farmers of America who are having trouble enough as it is with the farked up weather. The enviorment? Hah! What has the enviorment ever done for us? We need to spend money on finding out who is using steroids and then sending them to the moon.

This president is the king of diversions. If the economy isn't going well, start a war, if the war isn't going well, declare war on space, if that freaks people out, give them tax cuts, and so on and so on and so on. 9 more months, nine more months.....nine more months.....
 
hlx
2004-02-02 10:28:32 AM
He's only doing it because he knows that he wont be around to clear up the mess...
 
2004-02-02 10:28:36 AM
Spend and untax Republicans. Brilliant economic strategy!

Oh Canada!
 
2004-02-02 10:29:01 AM
Where are the Rush fans? Where are the "self made men" like Mr. Bastardo? I want to hear what imaginary drivel comes out of them on this one.
 
2004-02-02 10:29:28 AM
I just want to point out that Bush is NOT from Texas. He's from Connecticut. Don't blame Texas.

Thanks!
 
2004-02-02 10:29:42 AM
cheyenne

Yet the reason for the budget is "we are still at war."

Ughs. There are a lot of republicans I like and admire.
Bush however, is not one of them.
 
2004-02-02 10:30:41 AM
Is it too late for Civil War 2.0?
 
2004-02-02 10:30:43 AM
Son of Thunder

Maybe it's not so much the overall spending as what he's spending it on (see: Iraq War, and various other stupid programs which will cost lots of money and still not work)
 
2004-02-02 10:30:44 AM
Bush would boost military spending by 7 percent in 2005, but that does not include the money needed to keep troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Officials said a supplemental request for these funds will be sent to Congress but not until after the November elections.

Gee, I wonder why...
 
2004-02-02 10:30:52 AM
Cowboy Spencer

A bit of dixie chicks in ya?
 
2004-02-02 10:30:52 AM
Not a big fan of Bush's spending policy so far, but it seems like he's asking current organizations like the DA and EPA to tighten their spending habits and be better stewards of the people's money. More government agencies need to follow suit.
 
2004-02-02 10:31:29 AM
Bush schmush.
 
2004-02-02 10:31:34 AM
Dubya is my hero. Flame on.
Like Clinton was Christ. What a farking joke.
I voted for Kane myself.
 
2004-02-02 10:31:48 AM


Let's see, how much is that is 1960's dollars?
 
2004-02-02 10:32:02 AM
yabbut, Clinton got a bj!
 
2004-02-02 10:32:20 AM
 
2004-02-02 10:32:49 AM
"The Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency were targeted for the biggest reductions."

Well, yes of course. *sigh*
 
2004-02-02 10:33:27 AM
 
2004-02-02 10:33:31 AM
SanchezSucio

Just think just about any guy named Sanchez can live in the country thanks to dubya's amnesty. Bwahaha...

But don't listen to the armchair quarterbacks--
 
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