> Andy wrote: > you appear to have a double standard. No, there's no double standard. The standard is, have you been fiscally responsible and are you willing to ignore political pressure to stay that way?
With Mr. Bush, fiscally, we have a known quantity: 1.) Discretionary spending increases at twice the rate of Mr. Clinton (~8%). 2.) The largest expansion of the federal government since Pres. Johnson (The "Great Society") 3.) A willful ignorance of the coming Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid crisis. 4.) The first President that has never vetoed a spending bill. With Mr. Kerry we know: 1.) He's broke with his own party to support a balanced budget. 2.) He supports the reinstatement of the pay-go rules. 3.) He's promised he won't raise taxes (which, with pay-go, may mean he won't spend more than he can pay for) Conclusion: + Mr. Bush has been fiscally irresponsible and hasn't indicated he's willing to change. + Mr. Kerry has been fiscally responsible and has promised he will continue to be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131565 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
