11. Like Washington, it turns out that many used their years of plenty to cut taxes without preparing for the proverbial rainy day. 12. Nelson told reporters that he had serious qualms about the country committing to a tax cut without knowing for certain that federal surpluses would be as large as projected. 13. One of these false pretenses is the claim that there is plenty of money for tax cuts, that we can have the tax cut without endangering other priorities. 14. Tax cuts without corresponding spending cuts followed -- and, of course, a weapons-spending binge. 15. The blithe assumption that Social Security funds could be walled off and taxes cut without affecting government spending and creating new deficits was wrong. 16. The blithe assumption that Social Security funds could be walled off and taxes cut without impacting government spending and creating new deficits was wrong. 17. The Danish krone can easily bear a rate cut without weakening significantly, traders said. 18. The group holds that military spending can be cut without endangering national security, and the money redirected to health care and education. 19. The killer also removed her bra and cut it without slicing her breasts. 20. The notion of simply giving people a tax cut without requiring that they do anything strikes liberals as a squandered opportunity. |