[Aurel]

Goran, you`re right. This is the point I was making too. And the answer of Cheney is `deficits don`t matter`. The idea is that by lowering taxes, the output of the economy increases, and the government can borrow more money...but nobody has ever tried this theory with such a high deficit and a jobless recovery. Further nobody has ever tried before to invade a foreign country for democratic nation building at the same time. And you can see how the two are related. The problem right now is that the White house is run by ideologues, who got a chance to experiment their crazy concepts with an intellectually weak president. It reminds me of the Tchernobyl disaster: they were experimenting with the reactor, too...and you can see how most of the competent professionals are leaving before the explosion occurs. Take my word for it: this administration has created an extremly dangerous and unstable situation, a crazy gamble from which it cannot backout now. I see it a much bigger threat than terrorism itself. Money is stretched, troops are stretched. Unlike terrorism, draft and inflation will affect everyone. And at some point, paying too much taxes could become a privilege...

Aurel