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...Saddam Was Really Thinking" described disclosures made in Charles Duelfer's CIA report on Iraq's alleged weapons arsenal [Oct. 18]. The greatest mystery is not why Saddam Hussein let the world assume he had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) but why, with the best intelligence our hard-earned tax money could buy, the U.S. was totally fooled?and as a result has lost more than 1,100 precious American lives. I shudder to think what other surprises await us. J. Connor Boggs Kaneohe...
...Lesson Learned Joe Klein, in his "No Pain? No Gain For Either Candidate" column [Oct. 18], bemoaned the candidates' lack of honesty about tax policy during the presidential debates. But remember the 1984 debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale, when the latter infamously predicted that the next President, whoever he might be, would definitely raise taxes? At the same time, Reagan said he would not increase taxes. Two things happened after that: Mondale lost 49 out of 50 states, and Reagan raised taxes. Want honesty in debates? Forget about it! Doug Weiskopf Cincinnati...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After a night of uncertainty, President George W. Bush greeted supporters yesterday afternoon, declaring victory in a speech that reached out for Democratic support even as it pledged to stay the course on divisive issues such as tax cuts, Social Security reform, and the war on terror...
...hoping against hope, but we still have faith that Bush will choose to moderate his administration’s policies during his second term. We hope he will take a more responsible tack towards taxation, repealing or at least freezing tax cuts in order to pay off the massive deficit that this country is currently saddled with. We hope he will craft a workable strategy to win the peace in Iraq. We hope that he will choose to take measures to protect the environment and reduce global warming, instead of paying lip service to the natural bounty he will leave...
...don’t think we can afford to do that right now with the financial situation of the state still being precarious,” Toomey said, adding that a tax cut would lead to reductions in funding for education, health care and other programs...