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Old 01-10-2008, 08:52 PM
 
Location: NJ
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The tax cut didn't cause the deficit. The war did. As did all of his corporate welfare, and all of his other pork barrel spending. The man never signed a single veto until a year ago. You cant cut taxes like a republican and spend like a democrat at the same time. It just doesn't work. Just like the NJ government, I feel the federal government can work well on much less money than they are spending.
i actually think we agree more than we disagree, so i won't belabor the point. while the war did cause the deficit, the tax cut certainly didn't help - i just contend it was very short sighted.
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Old 01-10-2008, 08:56 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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I wonder how we'll crawl out of this hole (again, much like the state issue).
Ohh, I almost forgot.

Nobody can say with a straight face that NJ's hole was due to undertaxation. lol
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Old 01-10-2008, 08:58 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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i actually think we agree more than we disagree, so i won't belabor the point. while the war did cause the deficit, the tax cut certainly didn't help - i just contend it was very short sighted.
LOL. Then we will have to agree to disagree on this one issue, because I think the tax cut was just about the only thing he did right in the last 7 years.
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Old 01-10-2008, 09:37 PM
 
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eskmd;2480478]Nobody can say with a straight face that NJ's hole was due to undertaxation.
Don't underestimate the loons in Trenton.
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Old 01-10-2008, 09:47 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Don't underestimate the loons in Trenton.
Hehehehe. I stand corrected.
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Old 01-13-2008, 05:56 AM
 
Location: The Beautiful Pocono Mountains
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Hey, what happened to the 750m surplus that was here in NJ before McGreevey? Where did that go??
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