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[smart_sassy]

indy/Sassy-Re: Fuzzy Math

Daschle did a nice job getting the health bill through. Think Bush has the balls to veto it? Given that his approval numbers are sagging I doubt it.

I don't think he will veto it. Even though there aren't enough votes to override it, he needs to do something to let people know he is just not for the big companies (or the perception of his love for big business). Besides, he knows that Cheney may need the PBR with all of his medical problems <g>

What do you think he will do about funding for stem cell research? He is caught between the proverbial rock and hard place here. He stated in his campaign that he was against it, but the polls show people are in favor of it, including the almighty Catholic vote that he is already courting for 2004.

If he's moping around licking his wounds this evening wait till his upcomming Energy Bill get's kicked around.[/]

I almost feel sorry for Georgie Porgie. Clinton had so much more fun when someone else was doing the licking. <VEG>

[pat34lee]

Re: Indy - Fuzzy Math

< They'll prolly be forced to steal a little from Medicaid. Basing the tax cut on income projections in a declining market just wasn't a very fiscally responsible decision. >

Even if the numbers on that forecast were correct, and $200 to $300 billion are lost from the surplus, that is only .3 out of 2.7 trillion (excluding reserves) that we are going to be overcharged in the next 10 years. As the majority of the tax cuts will not even kick in for 7 more years, I don't think we'll ever see most of that refund anyway. This is not even money that the government needs (as if most of it were really needed), but money that they are going to take just because they can do it.

< Daschle did a nice job getting the health bill through. Think Bush has the balls to veto it? >

I hope that he does. The bill that was passed will enrich lawyers much more than it aids any patients.