Federal Budget Ridiculousness

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 7, 2006; Page A10
President Bush's budget blueprint would bring the federal government's budget deficit under control by decade's end. But to do that without raising taxes, the White House would need a sweeping tax reform that it has avoided proposing and a swift end to the war in Iraq.

The budget plan for fiscal 2007 underscores what budget analysts of all political stripes have been saying for years: The goals of balancing the budget, waging a global fight against terrorism and making Bush's first-term tax cuts permanent may be fundamentally at odds.
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"...may be fundamentally at odds." ???

Come on please, don't treat me like a jerk man! Instead, try: definitely! The Bush administration appears to be hell-bent on bankrupting America, having taken up full scale war-fare against anyone who isn't in the top 20% income bracket!

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