Bush Budget Calls for Renewal of Tax Cuts

In a related story, sun rises in east and sets in west.

Yes, it's time for the annual walk through the State of the Union address. Perhaps due to a lack of funding from Abramoff controlled Indian casinos, the White House apparently eliminated the speech writers for this year and simply pulled the same old routines from previous addresses.

Let's see what we've got:

• Extend the tax cuts/cut the deficit in half
• Social Security Privatization er, uh, um, Personlizationism Accounts you can kinda keep thingy
• Medical Savings Accounts (You have too much insurance, dummy)
• Cutting spending on social programs

Meanwhile, as they push for extending tax cuts, here's a series of headlines that relate to the tax cut renewal story:

News Stories
McCain, Coburn to Challenge Pet Projects AP via Yahoo! News, Jan 27
Poll: Public Worried About Federal Deficit AP via Yahoo! News, Jan 27
Mayors Told Federal Grants May Be Targeted AP via Yahoo! News, Jan 26
CBO Projects $337 Billion Deficit in 2006 AP via Yahoo! News, Jan 26
Feature Articles
Hey, Big Spender... at TIME Magazine, Jan 22
A Budget With Bold on Hold at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd), Jan 22
Opinion & Editorials
The Pain That Is Yet to Come at The New York Times (reg. req'd), Jan 30
War's stunning price tag

They truly are masters of up is downism. Maybe this year someone will pay attention.