now that his boss went on a spending spee,

[rodeodance]

now that his boss went on a spending spee, for several years--now snow thinks it is a priorit to cut the deficit!!!!!! (prob. social programs(

"http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=580&ncid=580&e=18&u=/nm/20041117/bs_nm/economy_snow_dc"

Wed, Nov 17, 2004
Snow: Cutting Budget Deficit Top Priority


By Glenn Somerville

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Wednesday that cutting a record budget deficit was a top priority for the second-term Bush administration and challenged Europe to play its part in helping trim the U.S. trade gap by boosting its own economic growth.

[BlueStatesForever]

1. Funny, they were saying deficits aren't a problem

Although that was BEFORE the election...

[ewagner]

2. That was the plan all along

Remember Grover Nordquist?

He said the idea of driving the deficits up (and decreasing revenues through tax cuts)was so that we could only afford to pay for defense and interest on the debt.....that would mean that the entire "New Deal" era programs would have to be eliminated.....

It's working.

[OneBlueSky]

3. exactly . . . they won't cut military spending, so the only place left . .

to cut is domestic programs . . . they intend to "starve the beast" while they and their friends line their own pockets with huge hunks of that military budget through things like no-bid contracts . . . disgusting . . .