This May Be Satire, But It's Deadly Serious to Me!

3/3/01
Will not pass on our budget deficits
(borrowings) to future generations; we owe
this to our children and grandchildren

[Bush]: "...Future generations shouldn't be
forced to pay back money that we have borrowed.
We pay back money that we have borrowed. We
owe this kind of responsibility to our children
and grandchildren..."

1/03

[Bush]: "...we will not deny, we will not
ignore, we will not pass along our problems to
other Congresses, other presidents,
and other generations..."
Budget deficits under Bush hit a record high and
expected to remain deficits as far as the eye can see.

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National debt hits record high and gets passed on to
future generations.

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2/27/01
Will protect Social Security surplus in its entirety

[Bush] "...To make sure the retirement savings of
America's seniors are not diverted into any other
program, my budget protects all $2.6 trillion of
the Social Security surplus for Social Security and for Social Security alone..."

10/3/00

A promise made on safeguarding Social Security
surplus will be a promise kept

[Bush]: "...The revenues exceed the expenses in Social Security to the year 2015, which means all retirees are going to get the promises made. So for those of you who [Gore] wants to scare into the voting booth to vote for him, hear me loud and clear: A promise made will be a promise kept..."

3/22/01

Will never dip into Social Security Surplus to
finance spending

[Bush] "...For years, politicians in both
parties have dipped into the Trust Fund
to pay for more spending. And I will stop it..."

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Not only did he not protect the Social Security surplus, he has used up the surplus to finance gigantic budget deficits due to massive tax cuts for millionaires and massive spending.
[Daniel Gross]: "...In his first three budgets, Bush
(who had the good fortune to take office at a time
when the surpluses were growing rapidly) and
Congress used $480 billion in excess Social Security payroll taxes to fund basic government operations?-about $160 billion per year! By so doing, Washington spenders have masked
the size of the deficit. For Fiscal 2004?-which began
in October 2003?-if you factor out the $164 billion Social Security surplus, the on-budget deficit will be at least $639 billion, rather close to the modern peak of 6 percent of GDP. And according to its own projections (the bottom line of Table 8 represents the Social Security surplus), the administration plans to spend an additional $990 billion in such funds between now and 2008. That year, according to the Office of Management and Budget's projections, the on-budget deficit will be about $464 billion. Only by using that year's $238 billion Social Security surplus does the administration arrive at a total, unified deficit of $226 billion...."

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3/1/01
Tax cuts should provide most help for
those at the bottom end of the income scale

[Bush] "...If you pay taxes, you should get
tax relief...I agree with my critics, however, that
those on the bottom end should get the
most help...."

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Tax cuts provided the bulk of the tax "relief" to
higher income Americans.

8/7/02

Recession was inherited from Clinton

[Bush] "...When I took office, our
economy was beginning a recession..."

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FLOP

Recession was due to war

[Bush: "...We have got a recession
because we went to war..."]

FLIP AGAIN

Recession was inherited

I think it is the epitome of naivete to think that any president would govern the same after 9/11 than he would have governed had 9/11 never happened.

My vote in November will go for the man I believe has his head on straightest and is the most committed to dealing with a post 9/11 America.