Continuing in that vein,
Jake?
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. Right now on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats
are writing a budget, and according to press accounts and their own statements,
they’re not including the middle-class tax cut that you include in the stimulus.
They’re talking about phasing that out. They’re not including the cap-and-trade
that you have in your budget, and they’re not including other measures.
I know when you outlined your four priorities over the weekend, a number of
these things were not in there. Will you sign a budget if it does not contain a
middle-class tax cut, does not contain cap-and- trade?
are writing a budget, and according to press accounts and their own statements,
they’re not including the middle-class tax cut that you include in the stimulus.
They’re talking about phasing that out. They’re not including the cap-and-trade
that you have in your budget, and they’re not including other measures.
I know when you outlined your four priorities over the weekend, a number of
these things were not in there. Will you sign a budget if it does not contain a
middle-class tax cut, does not contain cap-and- trade?
Barry: I gotta level with you. I was never serious about a tax cut. In fact, if you replay all the speeches, I was really referring to tax credits, where all you had to do was fill out a tax form to get 400 bucks of free money. It was probably worth it to get everybody's address for my Big Brother file. As for cap and trade, well, we haven't figured out how to monetize that in my Swiss account, so it will have to wait.
Hypothetical Good President. I do not believe in tax policy based on "class". There is no middle class. There is no lower class. There is no upper class. There are only Americans. Tax cuts mean letting people keep their own money. So when we lower the cost of government, the revenues from taxes will reduce debt, which will make more capital available for Americans; which will in turn improve everybody's productivity and income, and that, my friends, is better than a tax cut, and certainly better than the empty promise of one. As to the notion of cap and trade, I will eliminate any attempt to manipulate the energy and industrial markets, and there will be no cap and trade, and no more talk of it in my administration.
Hypothetical Good President: The budget I will send to congress will have only essential services in it, and therefore be approximately 30 pages long. I trust all the congressmen will have time to read that one.
To be continued.
Hypothetical Good President. I do not believe in tax policy based on "class". There is no middle class. There is no lower class. There is no upper class. There are only Americans. Tax cuts mean letting people keep their own money. So when we lower the cost of government, the revenues from taxes will reduce debt, which will make more capital available for Americans; which will in turn improve everybody's productivity and income, and that, my friends, is better than a tax cut, and certainly better than the empty promise of one. As to the notion of cap and trade, I will eliminate any attempt to manipulate the energy and industrial markets, and there will be no cap and trade, and no more talk of it in my administration.
QUESTION: So is that a yes, sir? You’re willing to sign a budget that doesn’t
have those two provisions?
Barry: It should be clear by now, that I have left the budget entirely up to Nancy, and I'll sign whatever makes it to my desk.have those two provisions?
Hypothetical Good President: The budget I will send to congress will have only essential services in it, and therefore be approximately 30 pages long. I trust all the congressmen will have time to read that one.
To be continued.
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