yeah really... total spending freeze except for national security?? omg :) Want to bet that national security would include payments to contractors?
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... > One presidential candidate shoots off a ridiculous, unworkable and > unrealistic answer to a question, from the hip. > > The other pauses, considers, and gives a reasoned, rational and practical > response. > > Which Presidential Candidate response do you think will resonate the most > with the American people? > .... > .... > that's right! > > YEEEEE HAAAWWW!!!! > > ;-P > > 2008/9/27 Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> McCain had a nice forceful, straight forward answer. He said he'd support >> an >> across the board spending freeze except for defense, veterans programs and >> a >> couple entitlement programs. I don't happen to agree with his answer, but >> he >> laid it out plainly and I'll give him credit for that, no real equivocating >> there. >> >> Obama said that he has goals he wants to accomplish in his Presidency, like >> energy independence, health care initiatives, etc. Then he gave examples of >> places he felt programs could be cut and he said that across the board >> freezes were inappropriate because different programs have different >> returns >> on investment and then explained that they couldn't predict what the tax >> receipts would look like post-bailout so you can't say at what rate you'd >> be >> able to implement his vision for programs. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271132 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5