What's Eighty-Seven Billion dollars when every business deal you have ever touched has gone to hell in a handbasket? Never mind that President Goes AWOL but kills Soldiers can't balance his own checkbook, now he's looking to increase the debt my great-great-great granchildren will be paying off. Thanks, loser. But wait, seems that some republicans with a bit more common sense not to mention fiscal discipline are interested in trying to keep the Economy from doing the Titanic thing...
In what could be a major embarrassment for Bush and the GOP, some Republicans say there could be a close vote on an amendment by Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., paying the bill's costs by canceling some scheduled income tax cuts on the wealthiest Americans.
Bush and GOP leaders have refused to reconsider any tax reductions, arguing they are a pivotal part of the administration's plan to spark the economy.
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Even if they lose, Democrats will be happy to get Republicans on record refusing to pay the bill's massive $87 billion price tag by rolling back tax cuts on people earning at least $360,000 annually.
And so it goes...as this Globe article points out, this could be the "midnight basketball moment" for the 1600 Crew. Gee, couldn't happen to a nicer group of folks...