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You are here: Home / Politics / Domestic Politics / Riskier Than Risky?

Riskier Than Risky?

by John Cole|  March 31, 20033:40 pm| 4 Comments

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What is riskier than a war to the DNC? Why, tax cuts, of course:

Dear ,

Senate Democrats won a huge victory for working families this week, winning a crucial vote to cut by more than half President Bush’s latest scheme to give an enormous tax cut to the wealthiest sliver of Americans.

Every Democrat in the Senate chamber voted to slash Bush’s tax giveaway from $726 billion to $350 billion, protecting the future of all Americans by dedicating the savings to protecting Social Security!

… But Now Bush Is Using the War to Justify Risky Tax Scheme

But this fight is far from over. The White House proved it will say anything to pass its enormous tax scheme, even using the military conflict in Iraq to find an advantage.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters that we need the Bush tax scheme “so that when our men and women in the military return home, they’ll have jobs to come home to.”

Not only is this a shameful political exploitation of the men and women who are putting their lives in danger, but it’s also misleading.

Under a 1994 law passed by the Democratic Congress and President Clinton, employers must reinstate reservists who return from active service.

Yawn. A pox on Ari Fleischer for stupid remarks (although in the abstract, accurate), a pox on the DNC for trying to get mileage out of this.

(Via Drudge- so take this with a grain of salt)

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  1. 1.

    Mason

    March 31, 2003 at 4:07 pm

    Beating my head against the wall looks to be more productive than trying to understand Democrats, anymore. Less frustrating, too.

  2. 2.

    MommaBear

    March 31, 2003 at 4:40 pm

    Air meant in the context of those employers still being in business, methinks, not shutting out reservists from work.

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    HH

    April 1, 2003 at 10:57 am

    When Drudge prints press releases that’s rather solid. Besides, if it weren’t we would have heard from the DNC on this by now.

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  1. Cold Fury says:
    April 1, 2003 at 1:47 pm

    Another risky scheme

    My dear pal John Cole, who I love even though he probably won’t be too happy with the results of…

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