[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

[anniegetyourgun]

They are so spinning that their heads have flown off.

[perfect stranger]

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

The 'Louisiana sugar' was also a 'quiet' 'secret' deal.

The dems think if they say, 'it is a secret-back door deal' the propaganda of politikal warfare THEY created, will work.

[Theyknow]

What is the Republican spin on this? When it was in the news I just sort of hoped it would go away because that is exactly what it looked like. Why shouldn't the high government political appointees have to make sacrifices also? If for no other reason because this is a time of war and our leaders should be first to set an example? What did I miss here?

[HankReardon]

"tax give away that spends billions of dollars on the wealthiest of Americans." Now let me write this statement using the proper words. tax rate reduction which would allow the producers, the innovators, the mover and shakers of this economy to retain more of their earnings. This is not "spent billions", allowing people to keep more of their money will allow them to but more equipment and expand their businesses. Incentive to work more is increased when taxes are lowered. The federal revenues will increase. We all know this, they know this. What is behind everything is the democrats do not want the nation to do well when the Republicans are in charge.

[gop_gene]

Bush's latest actions are just the latest in a pattern of directing federal dollars away from working families and toward special interests and the wealthiest Americans. Bush recently refused to support an extension to unemployment benefits, meaning more than 800,000 American families will be without any income three days after Christmas.

They should put some violin music on their web site to accompany this sob story.

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This comes from the Broken-Record party, nothing new here. Just talking points and criticism, no solutions, just griping.

[hchutch]

Where is the barf alert?

[goodnesswins]

BOY....are these guys outta touch.....they do NOT understand how people in the REAL world see it - getting paid for PERFORMANCE is more preferred by most, and ESPECIALLY if the bonuses do NOT go to CAREER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. Cry me a river.

[ravingnutter]

Bush recently refused to support an extension to unemployment benefits, meaning more than 800,000 American families will be without any income three days after Christmas.

Hmmmm....

03/09/02 - President Bush signed the Recession Relief package which includes an extension of unemployment benefits during the broadcast of his weekly radio address. The President said "The bill I sign this morning will allow the extension of jobless benefits by another 13 weeks, and even longer in states with high unemployment rates. This will allow those who lost their jobs in the recession, or in the aftermath of the September the 11th attacks more time to pay their bills and support their families while they look for work."

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October 19, 2002 - Republicans argue Bush has already done everything Democrats have demanded. He has given $11 billion in extended unemployment benefits to 2.8 million jobless in 11 states hit hardest by the recession that he inherited in 2001.

Jobless employees in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin have up to one year of benefits under the Bush plan.

Republicans also point out that unemployment is now far smaller than it has been in previous recessions. According to the Labor Department, the Reagan recession of 1983 left 11.5 million unemployed and a jobless rate of 10.4 percent. The Bush "41" recession of 1992 saw peak unemployment of 10 million and a jobless rate of 7.8 percent. Last month, 8 million were jobless and the unemployment rate was 5.6 percent.

"In historical terms, the increase in the unemployment is a little lower than it was in the previous recession," said Christian Weller, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington.

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