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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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It's Economics 101. Sen. Frist's Supply-Side Lesson.
Bill Frist has a good USA Today opinion piece explaining the virtues of tax cuts.
Ever since the Senate approved the last major tax relief bill, in 2003, revenues have increased every year. In 2004, they went up 5.5%. Last year, they rose 14.5%, the largest increase in nearly 25 years.
Total government collections, in fact, increased more after President Bush's 2003 tax cuts than they did after President Clinton's 1994 tax hikes...
Republicans' decision to reduce taxes on capital gains and dividends provides a good case study in effective tax policy. When we enacted these measures in 2003, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that revenues would decline by $27 billion over the next two years. Instead, it turned out that the tax cut stimulated investment and increased revenues by $26 billion — a $53 billion difference.
[GOP Bloggers]
11:40:55 PM 
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That this is a long war should not be news because Bush said as much 4 years ago. This from Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM)."
Terrorism “shows no moderation in its behavior and certainly no moderation in its tactics. It shows no moderation in its brutality,” Kimmitt told journalists at a February 21 briefing in Washington.
A long war against al-Qaida and similar terrorist groups is a main strategic concept underlying the Quadrennial Defense Review. (See related article.)
Kimmitt said that groups, such as Ansar-al-Islam in Iraq, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Abu-Sayyaf in the Philippines and others, are not hierarchical, but bound together by a radical, extremist ideology that seeks to push western influences from the region, then eliminate regional authorities that will not conform with their vision of governance and, finally, establish their own repressive regime.
General Kimmitt Outlines U.S. Strategy Against Terrorism. While the U.S.-led international military coalition continues to support Iraqi and Afghan efforts to build democratic societies, America also must gear up for the “long war” against terrorism, says Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of the U.S. military’s Central Command. Terrorism “shows no moderation in its behavior and certainly no moderation in its tactics. It shows no moderation in its brutality,” Kimmitt tells journalists in Washington. [US State Dept - Washington File]
11:29:33 PM
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Why Did UAE Ban Michelle Malkin's Site?.
By Debbie Schlussel
Why did the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ban Michelle Malkin's site? Was it her just outrage about the Dubai Ports World deal to control six of our ports? Or was it her publishing of the Mohammed cartoons and her thorough exposition of the global Islamic violence in response to the cartoons?
Regardless of the reason, it's yet another reason we can't let them control our ports. If they'll censor out her site from over there, what will they do when they are controlling vital points of entry and shipping here in America?
Not sure if they are censoring my site yet, but here's an e-mail I got from a reader in UAE:
Debbie, As usual, my daily dose of reality includes reading your own blog and that of Michelle Malkin. I presume that due to MM's open support of Denmark the site has now been blocked by Etisalat, the govt. owned service provider in Dubai, UAE. C'est la vie! [Debbie Schlussel]
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