Molly Ivins: Giving money to rich people

[Manix]

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My long-reigning favorite Bushism has now been edged out by a fresh contender I cannot resist. The old fave goes back to Oct. 4, 2001, when Bush, still trying to reassure a shaky nation, said, "We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates."

I didn't think he could top that, but there is something so winningly confused about my new No. 1. This is from Paul O'Neill's report of the large meeting in November 2002 about a second round of tax cuts. O'Neill argued against it, noting that after 9-11 and the war in Afghanistan, the budget deficit was growing and the nation faced urgent problems.

Everyone expected Bush to rubber stamp the plan, but he surprised them by asking: "Haven't we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?"



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[salin]

1. OMG.... frightening.... really frightening

this is how pampered and cloistered ... and either intellectually lazy or limited the president is:

One of the sadder items from Suskind's book is that Bush thinks the recession was caused by "SEC overreach."

[salin]

2. Ivins referes to this article: The Lie Factory (Mother Jones)

Looks like a good read.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/01/12_405.html