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...and you show me how Bush's policy appears to be working. That's not really the point ...

A supportable budget deficit - which is what the Republican position advocates and is implementing...

timberlandko wrote:

Bush proposed to halve the budget deficit by 2008, and is ahead of schedule in the endeavor.

The data you provide doesn't appear to support this contention.

U.S. '05 Deficit Estimate Reduced to About $330 Bln, Aide Says[/i][/u]

July 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration is cutting its estimate of this year's U.S. budget deficit to about $330 billion, a Senate Republican aide said, as the growth in jobs and income boosts tax payments.

The shortfall, still the third largest in history, would be down about 23 percent from the $427 billion that the government forecast five months ago. The fiscal year 2004 deficit was a record $412 billion, or 3.5 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...

... The growing economy and increased tax collections also will help President George W. Bush with his 2004 pledge to cut the deficit by half by 2009 to about 2.25 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. ``It's pretty clear now the path we are on will take us below the president's initial target,'' Treasury Secretary John Snow said July 8.

The reduction from $521 billion first estimated in 2004 may be reached three years early ...

timberlandko wrote:

A supportable budget deficit - which is what the Republican position advocates and is implementing...

Bwahahahahaha! Ah, timber, sometimes you crack me up!




Oh, wait, were you serious?

No, that precisely is the point ... and that those of your political bent miss it is illustrative of the reason The Opposition finds itself stymied at every turn.

timberlandko wrote:

No, that precisely is the point ... and that those of your political bent miss it is illustrative of the reason The Opposition finds itself stymied at every turn.

Put your pom-poms down. Balanced budget, bad idea? I know the Republicans have their own idea of what economic policy should be, again, that's not what I was addressing.

Bush proposed to halve the budget deficit by 2008, and is ahead of schedule in the endeavor.

The data you provide doesn't appear to support this contention.

FreeDuck wrote:

timberlandko wrote:

No, that precisely is the point ... and that those of your political bent miss it is illustrative of the reason The Opposition finds itself stymied at every turn.

Put your pom-poms down. Balanced budget, bad idea? I know the Republicans have their own idea of what economic policy should be, again, that's not what I was addressing.

Straw man, FD - I never said any such thing. I said a supportable budget deficit is a vital part of a robust economy. That is what Republican economic policy is addressing, and acheiving.

I do indeed think the economic policy approach of the Democratic Party is, and for generations has been, wrong-headed, counter-productive, counter-intuitive, and in short dangerous to the point of disaster.

So that whole balanced-budget thing, not a good idea?

so is this.





so what's your point ?

I don't know what motivates these people. But whatever it is it's not constructive. Only one thing is for sure. They'll always have something stupid to say.Maybe this is an outlet for there quilt, denial and failure.

Amigo wrote:

I don't know what motivates these people. But whatever it is it's not constructive. Only one thing is for sure. They'll always have something stupid to say.Maybe this is an outlet for there quilt, denial and failure.

I'm glad you're around, Amigo. Although many of us are still waiting for you to let loose with both barrels, until you do, you manage to lift the spirits of both conservative and liberal posters alike. The liberals appreciate your cheerleading efforts, and the conservatives enjoy your typos, unique uses of apostrophes (or lack thereof), and innovative spelling. Cheers.

Tikimayo, you are entertainment.What makes you think I would waste perfectly good shotgun shells on such small game. .

My direct involvement in resisting Bush and the war is and continues to have a direct effect.Look around you. What the right dismissed they are now being confronted by on all sides And here you are concerned with my spelling.

Amigo wrote:

Tikimayo, you are entertainment.What makes you think I would waste perfectly good shotgun shells on such small game. .

Because you, according to you, have been an activist for 17 years, and cannot resist the urge to give me full bore. Come one, I know you made a sorta half-effort before, but I didn't realize you were being serious. Just want you to know we're anxious for a real pro like you to get in the game.

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My direct involvement in resisting Bush and the war is and continues to have a direct effect.Look around you. What the right dismissed they are now being confronted by on all sides And here you are concerned with my spelling.

I think you misunderstood. I think your posts -- even though I realize you are restraining yourself for the moment ... picking your spot ... biding your time .. waiting for the right moment to strike with your awesome ability -- are entertaining. I don't want you to stop in the least, and I am not concerned with and certainly don't want you to to do a thing with your spelling.