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...view of many economists, interest-rate modifications are better than tax cuts as a way of combating slowdowns, in which case the main weapon of recession fighting would rest with Greenspan. All the same, Bush is hoping that he can get the Fed chairman to signal in some way that he too would agree to a big slice, perhaps during his upcoming testimony before Congress. Greenspan thinks the surplus should be used to pay down the national debt, but he would accept seeing some of it go back as a tax cut before he would allow Congress...
...fastest rise are urban and minority, in booming population centers like Atlanta, Miami and Las Vegas, and the nation's cities are classic Democratic stomping grounds. To assume Florida stays red after the 2000 election fiasco is an exercise in denial. And when the census gets its close-view, block-by-block count finished in March, those urban and minority head-counts will give Bush a chance to address the problems with his election in Florida - or irk those groups all over again...
...dealbreaker will be fiscal discipline. Greenspan's own view of the surplus's long-term viability will be a major factor, and you can bet he's skeptical about not only the wisdom of any 10-year economic forecasts but politicians' ability to keep spending in check. But here the CBO's new numbers should come into play again - that surplus may be part fantasy, but at least it's getting larger...
These days the only way Hollywood can tell a story of ordinary people struggling with the awesome challenges and compromises of family life is to reduce them to sugarific fantasy. And further, to view life's choices as Manichean, Jack is either a rich creep or a humanized husband and father. Kate sees it that way: when Jack talks his way into a job with the firm he used to run, she all but refuses the move to Manhattan. Who'd want to leave misery in the 'burbs...
Barbara Walters' show The View reveals promotional deal with Campbell's Soup...