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W's secret plan to end the deficit

Posted by Sini

It turns out that all W. learned from Poppy's political demise in 1992 was the importance of showing concern for the unemployed, fiscal responsibility and economic stewardship be damned:

"'Those who are worried about the deficit must first worry, I hope would worry first, about people being able to find work, like in Washington state,' Bush said to reporters near Seattle. 'I am more concerned about somebody finding a job than I am about numbers on paper.'

"That said, he did add, 'we've got a plan to reduce the deficit in half in five years,' alluding to administration budget projections that the deficit will shrink by half without any policy changes."


That ought to calm those nervous markets down.

2:27 AM |