Bush and Spending So Now President Bush Wants to Talk Fiscal Responsibility?

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As I said, how can anyone with the President's record say any of this with a straight face? It has to be some sort of joke. People do not act like this. Thankfully, two Democratic members of congress, Rep. David Obey, D-Wisconsin, and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, immediately had something to say about Bush and his lack of credibility on the issue. Byrd said, "We also must address earmarks in the tax codes which have resulted in huge loopholes for corporate America while middle-class America is left holding the bag," while Obey remarked "But it should be noted that all of the earmarks combined don't begin to match the increase in the deficit caused by the president wasting $50 billion in supersized tax cuts for those making more than $1 million a year while other Americans sleep on the streets". Both of these comments are far too nice. President Bush and congressional Republicans have no credibility on the issue of fiscal responsibility and Democrats in congress should stand up and say that in no uncertain terms.

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