Friedman: Charge It to My Kids

[RamboLiberal]

Every so often a quote comes out of the Bush administration that leaves you asking: Am I crazy or are they? I had one of those moments last week when Dana Perino, the White House press secretary, was asked about a proposal by some Congressional Democrats to levy a surtax to pay for the Iraq war, and she responded, “We’ve always known that Democrats seem to revert to type, and they are willing to raise taxes on just about anything.”

Yes, those silly Democrats. They’ll raise taxes for anything, even — get this — to pay for a war!

And if we did raise taxes to pay for our war to bring a measure of democracy to the Arab world, “does anyone seriously believe that the Democrats are going to end these new taxes that they’re asking the American people to pay at a time when it’s not necessary to pay them?” added Ms. Perino. “I just think it’s completely fiscally irresponsible.”

Friends, we are through the looking glass. It is now “fiscally irresponsible” to want to pay for a war with a tax. These democrats just don’t understand: the tooth fairy pays for wars. Of course she does — the tooth fairy leaves the money at the end of every month under Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s pillow. And what a big pillow it is! My God, what will the Democrats come up with next? Taxes to rebuild bridges or schools or high-speed rail or our lagging broadband networks? No, no, the tooth fairy covers all that. She borrows the money from China and leaves it under Paulson’s pillow.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/opinion/07friedman.html?ref=opinion

[PDJane]

1. If this is the acme of evolution,

it's time to start over again. The way we're going, it will be a necessity.

[Eric J in MN]

2. We're in Iraq for "democracy." Yeah, right.

That's why Bush holds hands with Saudi royalty. He loves democracy so much.
(sarcasm)

[Cha]

3. dana perino has ODed on her

talking points. Somebody get the hook.

[mwb970]

5. Perino joins a long line of Bushit peddlers.

She's a little better looking than the others, but the lies and spin are exactly the same. Where do they get so many people who will publicly lie for money? Are there that many W-lovers, really?

[Cha]

7. The fascist types are

spawned in an atmosphere that innoculates them with greed, lies, and the indefatigible ability to bore their listeners quickly.

[Skittles]

8. look how many war-profiteers there are

sleaze-bag pieces of shit are becoming the norm these days

[Strelnikov_]

4. A Friedman Unit late and a dollar short, Tommy

10's of thousands of us average proles here figured out how this would play out before it happened, while a high powered pundit like yourself was taken in.

"These democrats just don’t understand: the tooth fairy pays for wars" was worth an atta-boy, though. Thing is, one aw-shit equals three atta-boys, and I figure you're about a couple thousand aw-shits in the hole.

[Demeter]

6. More Like 10 Friedman Units Late