Bush: ``In a time of economic uncertainty, we don't need to be taking money out of your pocket''

[marmar]

.... as he takes $20,000 from each of our pockets for a bullshit war....What a POS this man is :mad:


from Bloomberg:



Bush Says Economy Sending Mixed Signals, Opposes Tax Increases

By Roger Runningen

Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said the U.S. economy is sending contradictory signals, making this no time to raise taxes.

``Recent economic indicators have become increasingly mixed,'' Bush said today after lunch with Mayor Richard Daley and city business leaders at the Union League Club of Chicago.

``In a time of economic uncertainty, we don't need to be taking money out of your pocket,'' Bush said. ``The smartest thing we can do is to keep taxes low.

``When you cut taxes, it means people have more money to save, spend or invest,'' Bush said. ``I will strongly urge that Congress keep taxes low,'' he said, also urging Congress to make his tax cuts permanent.

Government reports in the past 10 days showed new home sales fell to the lowest in 12 years, job creation slowed and the jobless rate rose to 5 percent in December from 4.7 percent. The reports spurred concern the economy will fall into recession, and U.S. stocks last week had their worst start to a year since 2000. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aC8IXxPttAZc&refer=home

[flyarm]

1. oh so lets take it from communist china dn make our kids be beholding to

a communist state!!

yeah thats the ticket...

hey pissy pants..STFU..and leave it to real Americans to clean your shitty mess up!!

vote Edwards!

fly

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Works for me." - Commander AWOL

"I am putting my itchy brothers -- Marvelous Marvin Bush and Neil "Silverado" Bush -- on th case right away. You can be sure the BFEE & Allied Republicon Cronies will find a way to profit massively. Smirk. Oh yeah, too bad about you little people. Smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[riverdeep]

15. Aaagh.

That picture is like a Sgt. Pepper from some alternate, disturbed, anti-matter universe.

[caligirl]

2. Bush wants his tax cuts to become part of the permanent tax code

despite economist warnings of the dire consequences. So more war on you grandchildrens backs is the plan.

[bdamomma]

3. what a joke he is.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I'm not laughing.

[bdamomma]

8. no he is a very sorry joke of a human being.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. That he is.

[TomInTib]

5. Whaddya wanna bet that he pronounced it as "munny"?

He always morphs into Folksy George when he starts saying that kind of crap.

And I just love it when he goes on about "The smartest thing we can do".

Yeah, these asshats are 'way up on the Smart Meter.

[malaise]

7. Uncertainty?

in his booming economy? He did not say that?????

[fascisthunter]

10. You Have Taken More Money Out our Pockets Than ANYONE ELSE

in the history of this country, you treaonous, filthy, deluded, ignorant piece of shit!

[avaistheone1]

11. Great point.

the MSM should be talking about the hypocrisy of this Bush statement.

I know, but one can only hope.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. ...

:spray:

[old guy]

12. Contradictions?

Who is contradicting anything except those in complete denial of reality. Oh, thats right the * administration. Sorry.

[sakabatou]

14. Cutting taxes

Means people who DON'T have money will NOT be taken care of!

:banghead:

[riverdeep]

16. Wait until the second round of mortgages go up.

This spring sometime. The message won't be mixed, unless you think a two-by-four to the head is a love tap.

[SpiralHawk]

17. "Smirk" - republicon fat cat cronies