Don't lose any opportunity, however small, of being gentle toward everyone. Don't rely on your own efforts to succeed in your various undertakings, but only on God's help. Then rest in his care of you, confident that he will do what is best for you, provided that you will, for your part, work diligently but gently. I say "gently" because a tense diligence is harmful both to our heart and to our task and is not really diligence, but rather over eagerness and anxiety...I recommend you to God's mercy. I beg him, through that same mercy, to fill you with his love. - Francis de Sales
February 18, 2005
greenspan
When Mr. Greenspan ventured into politics in 2001, he gave his blessing for Mr. Bush's huge tax cuts. Today, thanks in part to those tax cuts, the surplus Mr. Bush inherited is a $412 billion budget deficit, and the president's own budget proposal projects deficits as far as the eye can see. If Mr. Greenspan really wants to increase national savings, he should advocate cutting the deficit. If he really wants to close the gap in Social Security, he should not shy away from prudent tax increases. And if he wants to keep the financial markets calm, he should disapprove of enormous borrowing.$$$
Posted by tripp at February 18, 2005 06:00 AM