Maybe the rich should join the struggle

WASHINGTON — 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.

Oh yes, and on Sunday, Vice President Cheney insisted that although he and President Bush have presided over a deficit that's reaching well beyond $500 billion this year, we shouldn't worry. Why? "I am a deficit hawk," Cheney explained. "So is the president." Don't you feel better?

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"What's certain is that the administration believes that making high-income taxpayers "struggle a little bit" is definitely a bad thing."

"By refusing to budge on any of its tax-cutting priorities, the administration is putting many of those who agree that more money needs to be spent on Iraq in an impossible position. If they vote for the money, they know they will be adding to the deficit — and create even more excuses to short the working poor."