President Bush has repeatedly said he is committed to doing whatever it takes to "cut off terrorist finances" in order to win the War on Terror. But according to a new report, the president is trying to kill a desperate request by his own officials to increase the number of investigators needed to disrupt the finances of Al Qaeda.
The New York Times reports the president is trying to eliminate a $12 million request by the IRS, which says it needs the small injection of new money "to increase by 50% the number of criminal financial investigators" necessary to do its part in the fight against terrorism. The president could easily fund the program by reducing the tax cuts he wants to give to the 200,000 millionaires in America: instead of giving these millionaires an average tax cut of $88,326 he could simply reduce that tax cut by $60, giving them instead $88,266, while using the savings to fully fund the IRS request. Instead, President Bush is pushing more than $1 trillion in new tax cuts, while ignoring the request.
The effort to deny the IRS needed counterterrorism funds is just the latest example of the president grossly underfunding the protection of America. The Washington Post reported last week that immediately after 9/11, the White House "cut by nearly two-thirds an emergency request for counterterrorism funds by the FBI".
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The New York Times reports the president is trying to eliminate a $12 million request by the IRS, which says it needs the small injection of new money "to increase by 50% the number of criminal financial investigators" necessary to do its part in the fight against terrorism. The president could easily fund the program by reducing the tax cuts he wants to give to the 200,000 millionaires in America: instead of giving these millionaires an average tax cut of $88,326 he could simply reduce that tax cut by $60, giving them instead $88,266, while using the savings to fully fund the IRS request. Instead, President Bush is pushing more than $1 trillion in new tax cuts, while ignoring the request.
The effort to deny the IRS needed counterterrorism funds is just the latest example of the president grossly underfunding the protection of America. The Washington Post reported last week that immediately after 9/11, the White House "cut by nearly two-thirds an emergency request for counterterrorism funds by the FBI".
I think this fool is pretty confidant that he is invincible, and will be staying in the White House. We have to wonder why. Is his "base" of right wing righteous zealots that large? Or does he simply know the vote counting won't be real?
....hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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