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Collender on Bush Midsession Review: Absolute Silliness

Posted on August 05, 2008

Looks like I have some night-time reading with Bush's final budget document. Here's Stan Collender:Bush Midsession Budget: Absolute Silliness Capital Gains and GamesThere is also absolutely no indication that the White House understands in any way that this year's deficit is not just the result of things that have happened the past few months,. Nussle's statement indicates that had it not been for the need to deal with the economic slowdown, all would be well in the budget world.That's just plain silly. The policies put in place in the first seven years of the Bush administration -- with t...

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