10 Years Since Bush Tax Cuts: Why The Onion Was Right

[boutons_deux]

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

Cutting taxes on the wealthy did not create jobs as conservatives promised. ... the Bush Administration [had] the "worst track record on record" for jobs, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bush declared that "the surplus is the people's money," and proceeded to give the surplus away to very few people. Now that we face chronic deficits, it's long past time for millionaires and billionaires to starting giving back.

President Bush said today that there was a benefit to the government's fast-dwindling surplus, declaring that it will create "a fiscal straitjacket for Congress." He said that was "incredibly positive news" because it would halt the growth of the federal government.

But the Supreme Court helped lock in the Bush nightmare, with the "Citizens United" ruling, allowing unlimited corporate money to interfere in our elections. In the 2010 Congressional midterms more than $300 million was pumped into those nasty smear-ads by corporations, half of it from secret donors, according to Common Cause.

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[DMX7]

March 1, 2001

"This surplus is not the government's money," he said in a characteristic line yesterday in Council Bluffs, Iowa. "It's the people's money. And I believe we ought to listen to the people of America and share that money with the people who pay the bills."

There's your fiscal conservative, and we should trust the people who put this dumbass in the White House to have another crack at it?

[DMX7]

I say NO!

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

[TDMVPDPOY]

electing year 9 dropout as pres....FAIL..

electing color guy to clean up his mess, lol scapegoat

lol next 2 candidates upcoming elections looking even more like idiots

when will you guys have a real leader


actually why do the parties elect wankers as leaders, while the public voters only get to select the marginal seats in their hometown, but cant vote who should be the leader of the party....it just sucks when you have wankers representing the party who look incompetent, no wonder why all i do is tick the hot chick on the ballot for my votes...

[angrydude]

I say NO!

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

but you did vote for bush again by voting in Obama.

[DMX7]

but you did vote for bush again by voting in Obama.

I didn't vote for Bush in the first place.