Dole: It's the deficit, stupid

On Late Edition. Whoever is thought to control spending best will win. I tend to agree.

Memo to Kerry campaign - stop proposing massive spending programs. Of all the terrible things the admin has done, cutting taxes while increasing spending is the one thing that even Republicans agree is irresponsible. This is THE winning issue. B* is a cut tax and spend politician - but that means Kerry can't be a tax and spend Democrat.

BTW, the healthcare proposal will eat up all of the tax increase on the super wealthy. We will still have a massive deficit or substantial cuts in all other programs. If you want a workable healthcare plan - look at Switzerland. http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/Switzerland.pdf

Cancel most of * tax "cuts" and stop spending.

These guys are even WORSE than Reagan. At least the Reaganites had a religion that cutting income taxes raised revenues. They believed what they were doing WOULD eventually work (though it never did, deficits just got bigger).

The neo-cons are INTENTIONALLY trying to bankrupt the nation. They want us beholden to the big corparate interests when we default on our loans. They want to IMF us the same way they've done to so many other 3rd world nations.