after all while they are SPENDING our money they are also STEALING our money - the webmaster

Cal Thomas: Our money vs. their money

The U.S. Senate last week behaved like a drunk who testifies at a temperance meeting that he has seen the evil of his ways and vows to become sober but then, on his way home, yields to temptation while passing a saloon, goes in and gets plastered. Fearful that President Bush's proposed $726 billion (over 10 years) tax cut would allow taxpayers to keep too much of their own money, "moderate" Republican senators joined most Democrats to halve the president's proposed tax reduction on the pretext that there is a war to pay for and a "large" tax break is unaffordable at this time. If senators had taken the temperance pledge when it comes to spending, one might conclude they had finally seen the light and their "testimony" could seem credible. But, alas, most of our elected tax-and-spenders cannot resist the temptation to spend more, and so they make sure we have less. Republican congressional leaders promise to restore as much of the rejected tax cuts as they can when the Senate and House confer on final details, but don't look for the "moderates" to be persuaded and, thus, the final bill is more likely to resemble the Senate version. While positioning themselves as guardians of the nation's financial security, many members of Congress are, in fact, hitting the spending bottle with all of the gusto of a confirmed and unrepentant drunk.

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