Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Wallets on the frontlines

From George Bush's astonishing interview with Brian Williams of NBC News in New Orleans:

WILLIAMS: The folks who say you should have asked for some sort of sacrifice from all of us after 9/11, do they have a case looking back on it?

BUSH: Americans are sacrificing. I mean, we are. You know, we pay a lot of taxes. America sacrificed when they, you know, when the economy went into the tank. Americans sacrificed when, you know, air travel was disrupted. American taxpayers have paid a lot to help this nation recover. I think Americans have sacrificed.


It's not quite on a par with the equation of progressive taxation and suicide bombing, but it's getting there. And among other things, every dime of war costs has been borrowed.

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