Handing Out Hardship

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Don — 9/16/2003 1:09:24 PM (archived)

Handing Out Hardship

Is this the Bush administration's idea of fiscal discipline?

By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003; Page A19

Let's get this straight: The administration wants $87 billion in new spending for Iraq, refuses to contemplate rolling back any of its tax cuts to pay for it -- and then proposes holding down new spending on child care for mothers trying to leave welfare.

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Job losses unsettle Republicans - Don - 9/16/2003 1:02:48 PM
- Unemployment is a trailing indicator. n/t (n/t) - Pete - 9/16/2003 4:20:25 PM
  - Tends to be a leading indicator of election results, though - alcaray - 9/16/2003 5:02:35 PM
    - Good God, the rate is all of 6 percent. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 6:13:45 PM
      - Crap. Where did my charts go? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 8:27:12 PM
      - 6 percent is undercount. - Buster - 9/16/2003 7:23:08 PM
      - Good God, look at the Republican numbers - Robert - 9/16/2003 7:18:04 PM
        
        re: numbers - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 8:46:05 PM
  - Don't be too hard on them...the unemployment rate is all they've got left. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 4:25:20 PM
- Handing Out Hardship - Don - 9/16/2003 1:09:24 PM
  - re: Handing Out Hardship - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 4:15:55 PM

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