His critics are not even worthy of shining his jumpboots. Davis Nirenstein Macon Bush's math pretty fuzzy too As long as there is no final budget, the outline submitted by the Bush administration is not complete. Let's wait until after April and the majority of tax filings are in, then see if there is a surplus and how large it is. Mr. Bush did submit an estimate of his tax cut's impact on tax payers, but only looked five years ahead, not the 10 years he is claiming for the justification of the surplus. If you wonder why, it is because he has backloaded most of the cuts.
People only receive the largest cuts in the last five years.
So much for stimulating the economy this year. Also, his projection did not include the capital gains cut sought or the inheritance tax elimination. Rather glaring omissions. It appears that Al Gore isn't the only one with fuzzy math. Drew Butler Macon Doesn't want views on Texas 'Lege' I wrote to the Telegraph several weeks ago concerning my views on Molly Ivins and have read several more in your Viewpoints, both pro and con, since then.