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Originally Posted by warrenly
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Originally Posted by ApostateAbe
If there was really a $236 billion surplus, then Clinton would have been heavily criticized for needlessly overtaxing the public.
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[Self-edited to remove hyperbolic laughter] Returning the surplus to the taxpayers is exactly how Bush framed the need for tax cuts, which were of primacy in his 2000 campaign. Don't you remember "It's your money..." etc.? Well, after he took office, and it turned out there wasn't going to be any surplus because the economy was headed for a recession, he still pushed for the tax cuts with the newly minted "...must have tax cuts to motivate the economy." Hmmm, smells just like the changing reasons for another thing that Bush pushed for. |
I wasn't paying much attention to politics at the time, so I don't remember Bush saying that. But if that is true, then Bush certainly shares some of the blame for equating "surplus" with "projected surplus." You see, it is much more honest to blame Bush for things that he is really responsible for.