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Wednesday, December 04, 2002

# Posted 9:15 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

IMITATING KRUGMAN: David Broder attacks the President for hypocrisy on the budget. We're used to hearing it from Krugman, whose repetitions have damaged his credibility. But it's hard to disagree with Broder. Bush said that he was cutting back on raises he'd offered to federal employees because the raises "interfere with . . . the war on terrorism". The raises have a total cost of $1 billion. The administration's new farm bill has a price tag over six years of $248 billion. The Bush tax cut will have a total cost of over $1 trillion and benefit those with high incomes. Now, if federal salaries were cut back in order to fund special forces operations or cruise missiles, I'd shut up. But if you live on Park Avenue, you should be the first to recognize that America has given you the opportunity to succeed and that you must sacrifice in order to provide for the common defense.
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