Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Robbing the poor

From the Niagra Falls Reporter:
The borrow-and-spend recklessness Bush and his Republican Congress have sold will burden future generations with unconscionable debt. Bush is still selling his old snake oil that Republicans are fighting to help working-class Americans and Democrats will reach into their pockets.

Every reputable economist on the planet tells us the Bush-GOP deficits are "unsustainable." The very notion that running up government debt to provide tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans benefits working families is simply laughable. Working people, whose payroll checks are subject to federal income taxes, are inordinately paying for that debt, a burden that will only increase under Bushevik rule.

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