"Bush Urges Congress to Save Tax Cuts"

WASHINGTON (AP) - Boasting that the economy is strong and growing, President Bush urged Congress on Saturday to save tax cuts from expiring and adopt the first spending restraints in nearly a decade on such benefit programs as Medicaid, Medicare and student loans.

In his weekly radio address, Bush said the federal budget faces the challenge of long-term deficits driven by mandatory spending on those entitlement programs.

"We do not need to cut entitlements, but we do need to slow their growth," he said.

Before leaving for the holidays, the Republican-controlled Senate passed legislation to cut federal deficits by $39.7 billion. The measure passed by the narrowest of margins, 51-50, with Vice President Dick Cheney casting the deciding vote.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060107/D8EVTTM00.html

"We do not need to cut entitlements, but we do need to slow their growth," he lied.

Middle class America is wiped out of existence
People with only one job in the minority
Deficit only rising, no sign of stop

No president has ever done tax cuts in a time of war. Only the pResident can. :mad: :cry:

I am now used to hearing that the government lied, causing suffering to real Americans and other citizens, we shouldn't be used to corruption, especially this much!

The theme of his last half-dozen press conferences has been that what Bush wants, Bush gets. Laws and lawmakers be damned.

Who needs a Congress or a Supreme Court when we've got King George?

Really, I don't think they understand the simple concept of borrowing with compounded interest.

Republicans, knowing of the expanding HUGE deficit, would vote AGAINST tax cuts for the wealthy, while true neocons, wishing for perpetual war, and killing the govt would vote FOR tax cuts for the wealthy. I guess we will soon see who is who.

Conservatives wish to conserve...hence the derivation of the word.

Name one thing the Bush administration has sought to conserve. I bet a nickel you can't.

tax cuts.

One thing the buSh administration has sought to conserve is the high profit margins for the defence contract business. 5 cents, please.

But it's a simple semantical fact that the people calling themselves "conservative" are no such thing.

Hell, I'd love to have a real conservative in office...one like Teddy Roosevelt perhaps.

of Republican to stand up. I suspect we might see a some soon, especially since DeLay has been somewhat nobbled, and everything else that's going on.

Please read this report in this thread Agent Mike and then relay post haste to *. The Boom That Wasn't.

They have not done what he said they would do. They have not brought in more revenue. They Have driven us deep into debt and deficits! Repeal them now!