According to a report on the website of The New York Times, President Bush announced today that he would not seek a tax hike to fund the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast. Good for him. Then I read this:
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., questioned whether Bush would pursue his tax-cutting agenda in the face of mounting hurricane costs. "Does the White House want to stick the reservists and soldiers coming home to a devastated Gulf Coast with the tab for reconstruction, or will he table his quest for special interest tax giveaways?"
Tax giveaways? The language is revealing. I can give something away only if it is mine. In the twisted thinking of leftists such as Kerry, not taking money from people is giving it to them. Thank god this cretin was defeated in his bid for the presidency. Either he's too stupid to realize where tax monies come from, in which case he isn't fit to be a senator, much less president, or he has no conception of private property, in which case he isn't fit to be a senator, much less president.