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            | Subject: 
 | Bush Down Plays Need for Plan (on Deficit) 
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            | Newsgroups: 
 | lugnet.off-topic.debate 
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            | Date: 
 | Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:30:51 GMT 
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 |  | From Reuters:  (http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/031215/economy_bush_4.html ) 
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 When asked about the U.S. dollar's fall in value and market concerns about the
 deficit, Bush said: "We certainly need to send a signal to the capital markets
 that we're going to maintain spending discipline."
 
 - end quote, begin respin by me -
 
 Read that as: "We need to send a SIGNAL. We don't need to actually DO anything
 concrete to rein in spending, because, after all, I never met a spending bill I
 didn't like."
 
 - end respin, begin quote -
 
 The White House has pledged to cut the deficit in half over five years.
 
 Even some Bush advisers privately concede there is little chance of meeting that
 goal without a more concerted effort to cut spending. But that is unlikely to
 happen until after the 2004 election. They say Bush would have a freer hand to
 act in a second -- and final -- term.
 
 - end quote, begin respin by me -
 
 Read that as "Even though I didn't deliver on my limited government talk talk,
 elect me again because this time I *really* mean it! Really, I do!"
 
 - end respin, continue feeling ill -
 
 ++Lar
 
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