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January 27, 2004
Charge It!

It's been 3 days. Lots of stuff has pissed me off. Let's begin.

The Congressional Budget Office reports that the Federal debt will reach $1.9 trillion in 10 years, and could double if Bush's tax cuts are made permanent. 1.9 TRILLION DOLLARS.

That's $1,900,000,000,000.00. And that's if he doesn't get his preferred tax policy to stick.

My cell phone bill was like 90 bucks last month, and that threw me for a loop.

It's so ridiculous, it's almost funny. Of course, wars are always fought on borrowed money, the theory being that the "benefits" of a given war are long-term, enjoyed mostly by succeeding generations, and so the costs are spread to them as well. This might sort of work if the war wasn't based on a GIANT PACK OF LIES.

You know, we were forced to take action against Iraq, because of their "weapons of mass destruction program related activites." Whew, we really dodged a bullet there. I could really feel those program related activities just breathing down my neck.

In the meantime, Bush thinks maybe it's the right time to discuss building a moonbase. Now, I'm a big fan of science, and I like space, space is great. Humans have to keep exploring, and all that. It occurs to me, though, that maybe it would be better if we put hundreds of millions of dollars into our schools, so our children will grow up and be smart, and then THEY can go to the moon. Or maybe we could use that money to provide life-saving drugs to everyone on earth with AIDS (40 million people) for 25 years. Maybe some of those people can go to the moon once they're feeling better.

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