President Bush on Friday ruled out raising taxes to pay for Gulf Coast reconstruction, saying other government spending must be cut. "You bet it will cost money, but I'm confident we can handle it," he said.
"It's going to cost whatever it's going to cost, and we're going to be wise about the money we spend," Bush said a day after laying out an expensive plan for rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast without spelling out how he would pay for it.
great! this is the first time in my memory that the bush administration is proposing cutting spending to pay for something. this is encouraging. in fact, i'd love it if they could find $200 billion in the budget to pay for new orleans' reconstruction. that's how, you know, a normal family would do it.
but then, the bad:
Bush also said he wants Congress to consider changing the law to allow the military to step in immediately if a catastrophic disaster occurs again. "It's important for us to learn from the storm what could have been done better," he said. Under fire, the White House has accused state and city officials of not authorizing federal involvement quickly enough, although critics say the administration didn't need approval to act.
and more bad:
(Couldn't agree more. I haven't been that disappointed with a new channel since the Yes Network launched and I found out it was an all-Yankee channel instead of an all-porn channel. Devastating day.)
i'm reading -- and laughing with -- the sports guy again. i feel like i just fell off the wagon.
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