AP: Bush confident on deal to balance budget (weekly radio address)

[Eugene]

Bush confident on deal to balance budget

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer

1 hour, 12 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush, seeking the upper hand in his dealings with the Democrats
now running Congress, asked lawmakers on Saturday to join him in balancing the budget
within five years and cut thousands of pet projects from future spending bills.

"I'm confident that we can find common ground," Bush said in his weekly radio address.
"By holding the line on spending and continuing our pro-growth policies, we can balance
the budget and address the most urgent needs of our nation."

Top Democrats have reacted cautiously — or not at all — to Bush's budget plan, which
assumes Congress will renew tax rate cuts passed in 2001 and maintain tax cuts on
investments, inheritances and many other items. They say Bush's tax agenda is tilted in
favor of upper-income taxpayers and argue that at least some of the cuts need to be
rolled back if a broader agreement on the budget can ever be reached.

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He said Democrats should adopt earmark reforms requiring full disclosure of the sponsors,
the costs, the recipients and the justifications for every earmark. The president also
said that after the current moratorium, the cost of earmarks should be cut in half from
2006 levels of more than $16 billion.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. Who in their right mind would ask him about balancing a budget.

He just bankrupts everything he touches.

[liberal renegade]

2. The laughs just keep coming

Like he knows anything about balancing a budget. Could of swore we had a balanced budget before he was selected pResident. Bush doesn't know shit from shoe polish! Good Luck dip shit. :dunce:

[sendero]

3. As an indicator or reality....

... Bush's "confidence" is what we'd call a "contrary indicator".

[papau]

4. Will the media ask if the $550 billion will come out of the military budget or Homeland Security? I

doubt it.

And he said no new taxes or repeal of tax cuts - wonder if the media will question this on the Sunday talk - ?

Or is the media in the pocket of the rich/corporate/GOP?

Gee - such hard questions :-)

[tridim]

5. The Dems are setting it up so idiotboy has to raise taxes

Hehehe :) I'm loving this new congress, they're absolutely on the ball.

[MasonJar]

6. I think that the BFFE should pay the cost of the Iraq War from this

point on since the American population has spoken and the "little Nero" cannot be bothered to listen. Let's see Georgie and Jeb belly right up to the bar...James "I won the election for Bush" Baker and cheney and Haliburton and etc. can also contribute.