bush is going to ruin us in the long run. keep people happy now, do your thing, get the hell out and leave the rest to starve. oh well, i'll start robbing banks or something if it affects me. he's got to be more careful with his spending. we don't need this war either.

We need tax cuts, Reagan-style, and we need them now! (shut up BT ) - and shut down the NEA.

I am only half joking also.

I think Reagans tax cuts should have been followed up with government spending cuts. And 'ol Alan doesn't seem to mind the end on dividend taxes - does he not?

Yup, disasterous. Reagan's plan cut taxes, yet the tax base grew which created even more revenue. Never mind that all of it and then some was spent on running the Soviet Union into the ground, only to cause us to give them a bunch more money to keep them from selling off the nukes and other technology even though some of it may have made into the hands of those who are enemy to date. So, remind me again, who won the cold war? Gosh, I miss the good ol' days.

It's a bit more complicated than just cutting taxes. The French have high taxes and an incredibly high standard of living, and a very beautiful country.

(No # about French people please.)

I'm sure there were far more factors that came into the equation.

One thing u might want to chew on is that American batchelors courses at University are now 5 years long, in Europe they are 3. The IB, which is based on the French education system is a benchmark and very highly regarded at my university (Imperial College, London). We spend more on education, and Americans seem to need two years of catchup (at a private college if u want to get anywhere.) Cuts on public spending?

Yes but anyway, Bush will be fine in office, he's just gonna lump all his # onto the fall guy who's unlucky enough to get elected after him.

A good description of Bush's tax cuts:


[align=center]"The Government that robs Peter to pay Paul, can always rely on the support of Paul."[/align]

-George Bernard Shaw.

[Edited on 26-2-2003 by kegs]

...But there's literally *millions* of Peters that are demanding to know why they're always broke...And only a very few wealthy Pauls for Bush to talk to...


My new nickname for Bush: Richard Noggin