[In] Both Parties Find Trough to Their Liking , ... Federal pork spending has exploded in recent years. The highway bill passed in July was bloated with 6,371 pork projects, or earmarks, inserted by members of Congress. Overall, the number of pork projects has increased ten-fold during the past decade. ...The pork explosion is a neon sign advertising the fiscal failure of today's congressional leadership. |
Both plans are much better than existing tax law. Both would be a significant simplification and would help promote economic growth. |
Current budget procedures stack the deck in favor of program expansion without regard to the burdens imposed on current or future taxpayers. |
During economic recessions, when heavily indebted companies get in trouble and go bankrupt, that destabilizes the whole economy, |
During economic recessions, when heavily indebted companies get in trouble and go bankrupt, that destabilizes the whole economy. |
Football really helps because it gives me a chance to work off the stress of school work. |
He screwed up, and both [former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director] Michael Brown and [Homeland Security Secretary] Michael Chertoff really screwed up, so taxpayers are going to get the bill. Bush is overcompensating by promising the moon because his administration screwed up. Politics is driving policy. |
He's way more important than Greenspan. I guess he sways some of the moderates. |
I didn't even realize I was doing it. I knew everything was going well and we were moving up and down the field. |
I don't know if you can have a perfect game. But it seemed liked they were getting open and grabbing onto everything I threw. The offensive line was great. I didn't get sacked. |
I hope we can exceed what we did last year. Before the season our goal was to win the national championship. We're not going to be satisfied just going to the playoffs. We want to do something. |
I knew wherever I would go would be for football and premed, |
I really enjoy the setup of the class, and we should bring clickers to more classrooms. |
I'm all in favor of the tax cuts, but I think that the administration has to eat their spinach along with the tax-cut candy and propose more spending cuts. |
If it is only short-term money I think the budget can handle that. |