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"... unless the debt limit is raised or the Treasury Department takes authorized extraordinary actions, we will be unable to continue to finance government operations," Snow wrote.
Unable to continue financing government operations? Fine with me. The 'government', under the Bush Administration, is now completely expendible - they do NOTHING, except hand out taxpayer dollars to cronies, Big Business, Big Pharma, Big Oil, waging war, plus corporate welfare and tax-cuts for those who certainly don't need it.
As for paying the salaries of elected officials, well, so few of them actually EARN their salaries, there's no loss there. How many US taxpayers WANTED their elected representatives to approve tax cuts for the rich, and bankruptcy laws that favour banks and credit card companies' profits over their own financial welfare? They're paid to REPRESENT their constituents, not to BANKRUPT them.
Snow is the financial equivalent of Micheal Brown - incompetent to the core in his current position. If he thinks the debt limit needs to be raised yet again, let him put his OWN money where his mouth is - he can 'lend' every penny he has to the Bush government, and hold his breath waiting for a 'return' on his investment.
Need some bucks in a hurry? Fine; there's lots of places to get it. Rescind the tax cuts to the top 1% immediately, and make it retroactive. The government can just debit the amount from their bank accounts -- I doubt that they'll even notice the money is gone, it's so inconsequential in comparison to their wealth anyway.
No more money on Iraq, except the cost of bringing all of the troops home NOW. That'll save them a bundle right off the top.
Rescind all raises that elected officials have given themselves in the last five years - again, retroactively.
Make immediate demand on Halliburton and other war contractors who, regardless of the fact that they have accounting teams that rival the size of small armies, can't seem to account for the taxpayer dollars they've already been given and how it's been spent.
Start making corporations pay their fair share of taxes - they can always dip into their 'offshore' bank accounts, if they're strapped for cash.
If they're still short, they can always seize the bank accounts and liquidate the assets of Wolfowitz, Cheney, et al -- you know, the 'This War Will Pay For Itself' crowd.
End of RANT!
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