Arizona Daily Star endorses Kerry (Tucson)

[sfecap]

Elect Kerry

Four years ago, George W. Bush became president of a thriving America. Not only had his predecessor eliminated the national deficit, he had left the new president a $236 billion budget surplus. Unemployment was at a record low of 4 percent. The nation was not at war. The current president's policies have had a negative impact on each of these areas. We believe John Kerry can reverse that trend, and we endorse him for president.

In less than four years, President Bush, the avowed conservative, turned a record surplus into a record deficit, now estimated at $422 billion. During the same period, the unemployment rate rose to 6 percent and then improved a bit, but this summer, 5.4 percent of the work force was still unemployed.

The peace and prosperity of the Clinton administration evolved, under President Bush, to a falsely justified war and an economy that declined sharply and is barely staggering back to solvency - though even that faltering solvency is seriously jeopardized by impractical tax cuts for which our children will pay dearly.

Economist Milton Friedman has observed, with considerable wisdom, "A tax cut that adds to the deficit today is just a tax hike on future taxpayers."

It is clear that a change is needed. We believe the policies and management style that Kerry represents offer more hope than the current administration's stubborn allegiance to isolationist rhetoric, the unjustified use of military force and economic policies that provide instant gratification to some and long-term danger to the nation as a whole.

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President Bush had four years to prove himself and did poorly. It is time to elect a president with a broader understanding of international affairs and a greater concern for the welfare of those living on slender incomes. Elect John Kerry.

http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/dailystar/41363.php

[rumguy]

1. nice endorsement

who did they endorse in 2000?

[shockingelk]

4. Gore

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/natendorse5.html

[Cha]

2. Good ol' Tucson...I went to the

U of A ..a long time ago..but it's really nice to know they are so smart there in the 21st Century!B-)

[Demi_Babe]

3. way to go

[Craig Roberts]

5. Great quote from uber-conservative Milton Friedman

"A tax cut that adds to the deficit today is just a tax hike on future taxpayers."

[Sugarbleus]

11. Forgive my ignorance but...what is

Uber-conservative? I've seen that term used twice today. Thanx

[sr_pacifica]

12. It means he is ultra conservative

"uber" comes from German for "over." Think of uber as "way too."

[Sugarbleus]

13. Okay. Thanks

n/t

[ThePhilosopher04]

6. The Milton Friedman quote...

"A tax cut that adds to the deficit today is just a tax hike on future taxpayers," is one we've all been saying for a long time but if I were in the Kerry/Edwards campaign, I would frame the argument this way.

I would say that George Bush has proposed and passed tax increases on the most vulnerable people in America...OUR CHILDREN!

[krkaufman]

7. Nice one. n/t

[roseBudd]

8. I believe all but the moonie, scarfe and murdock owned

newspapers will endorse Kerry

It's too hard to endorse Bush with a straight face

We should keep a tally of newspaper endorsements.

[Craig Roberts]

9. That's absolutely perfect. Email that to Kerry/Edwards

[fob]

14. Or something like, "If you're gonna raise taxes on future workers,

you better make sure your economic plan actually produces JOBS!!

[Supersedeas]

10. Good Morning John McCain - no matter how the election falls, you lost cred

ibility