PRESIDENT READY TO SCREW PEOPLE TO "FIX" NEW ORLEANS
I really shouldn't complain about an article like this. But being the positive realist that I am, I realize that our President has found a way to push his political agenda through hurricane relief.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The president said Friday that the federal government will spend what is needed to restore the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, and help pay for it by cutting other programs but not by raising taxes.
"It's gonna cost whatever it costs, and we're gonna be wise about the money we spend," Bush told reporters at the White House, adding, "that is going to mean cutting other programs."
"I'm confident we can handle it and I'm confident we can handle our other priorities," he said. He would not provide a ballpark figure or suggest where the money may come from.
The post-Katrina recovery, he said, is "going to mean that we're going to have to make sure we cut unnecessary spending. It's going to mean we've got to maintain economic growth, and therefore we should not raise taxes."
He added, "Look, there's not going to be any revenues coming out of that area for a while anyway, so we might as well give them good tax relief in order to get jobs there and investment there. It makes sense."
Bush said the Office of Management and Budget "will work with Congress to figure out where we need to offset when we need to offset, so that we can manage not only to maintain economic growth and vitality, but to be able to spend that which is necessary to help this region get back on its feet."
But he did not say which funds could be "offset" or what current spending is "unnecessary."
The President then found a poor person, put his penis in their mouth, and began to rub Krugerrands across his own nipples.
Okay, maybe that last paragraph was mine.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The president said Friday that the federal government will spend what is needed to restore the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, and help pay for it by cutting other programs but not by raising taxes.
"It's gonna cost whatever it costs, and we're gonna be wise about the money we spend," Bush told reporters at the White House, adding, "that is going to mean cutting other programs."
"I'm confident we can handle it and I'm confident we can handle our other priorities," he said. He would not provide a ballpark figure or suggest where the money may come from.
The post-Katrina recovery, he said, is "going to mean that we're going to have to make sure we cut unnecessary spending. It's going to mean we've got to maintain economic growth, and therefore we should not raise taxes."
He added, "Look, there's not going to be any revenues coming out of that area for a while anyway, so we might as well give them good tax relief in order to get jobs there and investment there. It makes sense."
Bush said the Office of Management and Budget "will work with Congress to figure out where we need to offset when we need to offset, so that we can manage not only to maintain economic growth and vitality, but to be able to spend that which is necessary to help this region get back on its feet."
But he did not say which funds could be "offset" or what current spending is "unnecessary."
The President then found a poor person, put his penis in their mouth, and began to rub Krugerrands across his own nipples.
Okay, maybe that last paragraph was mine.
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