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Why is the Liberal Left always blaming tax cuts on the federal deficit? Don't they realize that lower taxes do not create the deficit? Can't they figure out that SPENDING is the cause? I received a faxed questionaire several months back asking if I wanted a tax cut OR money for medicare and social security. As if the choice was either-or. How do these same people explain to the family on the street that they can't afford to provide food and shelter while at the same time they are funding a study on the winter migration habits of humped back whales? We can NOT provide everything for everybody. It is impossible and should not even be a goal. This is America. We provide the OPPORTUNITY to succeed. We do not make success a constitutional right. And we should not tax everybody to death to attempt it.

So I can expect about a whopping $100 for my great tax cut. First it was because the economy was so good and the surpluss so big, then it was for to stimulate the economy by giving people more money, and now it is to give us money to spend on our higher electricity bills which he will do nothing about. Meanwhile, the electric companies are averaging a 400-500% profit increase over last year. But their $250million contribution assures that the President will turn a blind eye to individual citizens. In the campaign Bush promised to "jawbone" OPEC for better prices, but now he has waffled AGAIN, saying he, won't be "begging or publicly bashing to get more oil". All the while it is us that are suffering from higher prices, and it is his oil-rich administration and family that is profiting from the higher prices. Bush IS a special interest.

bill, i'll watch your back and you watch mine, because they are coming at us from the right with guns drawn.

That's a good thing because you going to need to protect yourself.... from yourself.

The problem is not only the excessive energy demand. The recent shortages have only called attention to that issue. The recent shortages are due to the supply being cut off in order to increase prices. This will not be looked into because the only one that can do the looking is the one that's profiting.

Glenn makes a great point about California and the way we let everybody and his son, daughter, brother mother, etc into the state from Mexico! Then we give them citizenship for the right to reproduce like animals and all the middle class drives SUV's or have monster RV's that suck gas like ticks on a skinny dog and do nothing to create energy for the evergrowing population......until the "Great" Gray Davis decides "we have an energy crisis!" "Whoops, blame the Bush family, they have oil interest and we can push the blame in their direction....and the Vice President must have had something to do with this problem". In the meantime, Gray Davis is skipping down the road singing "If I only had a brain!", and playing every angle he can to spin the blame away from himself.......who was for deregulation of the power companies (Davis)! Now our brilliant Governor wants to sue the United States for his problems, and at the same time maintain his posture that "I don't want to drill or explore for gas and oil!"...It will be magically created by somebody other than the residents of California. He is a disgrace as a Governor and he fits in well with our two goofy US Senators(Boxer and Finestein)! No Brains, No Heart, No Nerve.......Sounds like they should "Follow the Yellow Brick Road!" Charlie

charlie: shame on you, "Then we give them citizenship for the right to reproduce like animals" i do believe i detect a bit of racism. but you are correct about davis and the two women who represent the lollypop guild. incidentally both my wife's and my car get 25+ on the road. her car is 7 years old and has 32,000 miles, about 90% on the road to vegas. my car is 6 years old and has 37,000 miles. we are not big consumers of gas. suv's are almost all bought by wives with small families that could just as easily fit in a standard size car. suv's are a woman's thing.

Unklebill, are you implying that all of the electrical utility companies supplying California have the same increase in profits? Could Enron's newly found profits be the results of improved efficiency? Or perhaps their profits were simply very low in previous years thereby making a 500% improvement very easy to achieve. I am not suggesting that these are the facts, but you need to look at ALL the reasons for the current situation. You seem to blame Bush, but these problems were inevitable based on simply supply vs demand. Bush has been in office 5 months, so I doubt he could have created the shortage already. The situation is grave, and may affect many more areas of the country very soon. Looking for blame is counterproductive. We need to look for solutions, and our VP Cheney is doing just that.