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BUSH NEEDS TO INCREASE TAXES

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BUSH NEEDS TO INCREASE TAXES

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The disaster created by Katrina should be the focal point for President Bush to acknowledge the federal tax revenue is insufficient to meet the overwhelming needs in the United States. The devastation created by this storm will surpass any natural disaster in our history. It has destroyed over 90,000 mi.² and displaced more than 1.5 million Americans.

The resources that will be necessary to rebuild this region as well as the ongoing needs of the 1.5 million people who have no jobs, no homes or anything else, will require a major commitment of resources that do not exist within the Federal Budget. We can not just hand out money that does not exist!

Prior to this disaster, the United States was running an unacceptable deficit and the aftermath of Katrina should make it clear that now is the time to change they way we are managing the financial affairs of the United States. The magnitude of this disaster together with the existing deficit mandate that the federal government increase the revenue to meet those needs. George W. Bush needs to take a lesson from his father who raised taxes and from Ronald Reagan who raised taxes when the need was clear. There are NO cuts that can pay for this huge undertaking.

In the past, when we have had major disasters and wars, the country increased taxes to pay for those needs. We must restore this region and the port facilities which will require not only rebuilding homes but the entire infrastructure in this area of the United States. If George W. Bush will not admit his fiscal plan for this country is not working, it is time for the Congress of the United States to act. They need to make it clear to Bush that if he will not be part of the solution Congress will pass the needed legislation over his objection. NO MORE EXCUSES- We MUST provide the needed funding to pay for the restoration of this region and pay for our other needs without borrowing any more money!
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bush proposed the tax cuts. Bush and his supporters in Congress passed them and they were passed because Congress accepted the Bush claim we had a surplus. Since there is NO SURPLUS, it is time to reverse the tax cuts that were passed on another Bush LIE! We gave away a Surplus that did not exist. We went to war aginst a threat that did not exist. We ignore a trade policy that gets worse every day. We ignore the 3 million people that illegally came into our country last year. We need to impeach Bush NOW!!!!!
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
COL, here is a pretty good article at the WashingtonPost Link about the tax cut discussions in Congress. I think it's very telling about the arguments and who the pricks are who support the tax cuts, which would go to the wealthiest of our society. These guys are sick, and need to be impeached, and in my opinion, convicted. They are wrecking this country.

An excerpt:

Marshall Wittmann, a former Republican political strategist now with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, said the GOP agenda looks like "political suicide."

"The entire fiscal landscape has been transformed in the last week," Wittmann said. "The entire Republican agenda of tax cuts, Social Security reform and big spending on pet Republican projects is over. Events do eventually have an impact on Capitol Hill."

these dolts are going down.........
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
I hope that is the result. Look at my Blog today