VPs kaffeeklatsch #3

Cheney:

> ...The fact of the matter is, the president and I will go
> forward to make the tax cuts permanent. That's good
> policy. That's what we ought to do. But with fiscal
> restraint, we'll also drive the deficit down 50 percent
> in the course of the next five years.

If the last four years are any indication, they've changed the definition of the words "fiscal restraint".

Federal budgets are plagued with unrestrained spending: giveaways to corporations and massive partisan pork. Has the President held the line and used his veto power or influence to exercise real "fiscal restraint?" No. And I doubt things will be any different in a 2nd term.

I guess Cheney's "fiscal restraint" really means restraining any efforts to employ sound fiscal policy.

Dems used to be called the "tax and spend" party, but at least we planned to pay for our increased spending through increased revenue. That’s called ”fiscal responsibility”. The Republicans in Congress have been the "tax-cut and spend" party... what makes anyone think things will be different in a 2nd Bush term? Although the way things are going, their "muscle", Tom DeLay, may be unable to apply the kind of leverage he is now well-known and in deep trouble for.

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