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November 1, 2004
The Day After Tomorrow
This Wednesday, with any luck, we should know who will be occupying the White House for the next four years. Unfortunately, my internet connection went out last night so I'm a little late getting up a post on tomorrow's presidential election. Look for it later on this evening.
In the meantime the Cato Institute has posted a piece by Doug Bandow in favor of John Kerry, and another by Dan Griswold which makes the case for Bush. Both are worth a read.
"The deficit can be cut in half if Congress "is willing to make tough choices," says President Bush. But GOP legislators are likely to make tough choices only if he is replaced by a Democrat. History teaches us that divided government equals fiscal probity, so vote Democratic for President if you want responsible budgeting in Washington."
"Meanwhile, Kerry and his party have proposed huge increases of their own in federal spending. Their chief criticism of Bush on health care, education and just about everything else but defense is that he has not been spending enough. And they want to underwrite their own spending spree with higher taxes on, you guessed it, "the rich." Kerry and much of his Democratic base want to slow the advancement of free trade and accelerate regulation of the economy. They criticize Bush for his conduct of the war in Iraq but do not challenge it on principle."
Posted by Peter Mork at November 1, 2004 6:20 AM
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