Bush signed the bankruptcy bill today:
"Bankruptcy should always be a last resort in our legal system," he said. "If someone does not pay his or her debts, the rest of society ends up paying them."
In other news, here are the deficit figures for Clinton's last term and Bush's first term, plotted against Social Security, as a percentage of GDP:
Given Bush's policy choices, like making the estate tax cut permanent, the deficit is projected to increase...
So what was that Bush was saying about being responsible with one's debts...?
Posted by tunesmith at April 20, 2005 05:09 PM
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okay the image didn't resolve
its a pic of the president and self congratulating senators in absolute ecstacy over our dwindling fortunes...
Posted by: TalkieToaster at April 21, 2005 12:58 AM
Here's a pic of the pink people who are celebrating the signing of this bill:
Posted by: TalkieToaster at April 21, 2005 11:25 AM
*sigh* correction
Posted by: TalkieToaster at April 21, 2005 11:27 AM
I've still got my site going:
Plastic Revolution
its now posted at Debt Slavery
This image, even though expected, made me want to throw up (please, I can't look at it for too long)....
Don't any of you in Kansas feel like you've been kicked in the stomach yet?
Posted by: TalkieToaster at April 21, 2005 12:56 AM