Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Read This... Seriously

Connie Mack, head of President Bush's tax reform panel interviewed in the New York Times...
  • [NY Times:] Well, the U.S. government has to get money from somewhere. As a two-term former Republican senator from Florida, where do you suggest we get
    money from?
  • [Connie Mack:] What money?
  • The money to run this country.
  • We'll borrow it.
  • I never understand where all this money comes from.
  • When the president says we need another $200 billion for Katrina repairs, does he just go and borrow it from the Saudis? In a sense, we do. Maybe the Chinese.
  • Is that fair to our children? If we keep borrowing at this level, won't the Arabs or the Chinese eventually own this country?
  • I am not worried about that. We are a huge country producing enormous assets day in and day out. We have great strength, and we have always adjusted to difficulties that faced us, and we will continue to do so.
Now, c'mon... isn't that the least bit scary?

Once again, I would like to remind 50.2% of the American yada yada yada.

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