Matt Ortega

In recent days, four more tax cuts for over $100 billion have been passed despite two wars, one of which is costing American taxpayers $1 billion a week, and a quarter of a trillion dollar reconstruction effort in the Gulf States region. This, all in addition to a mounting budget deficit in the hundreds of billions of dollars and a skyrocketing national debt.

So instead of rolling back the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, which President Bush wants Congress to make permanent, how are we going to pay for all this?

Congress is cutting aid to “education, health research, medical and job training programs” - you know, all the things we have no use for.

This is the worst part of the article:

“Republicans said they had produced the best bill they could in lean budget times…”

(Hat tip: John Aravosis, AMERICAblog)