Originally posted by Rogerm60:
Originally posted by DanNx:
his earlier efforts to link tax hikes to funding had failed.



A temporary repeal of a tax cut is not a tax hike. To be sure, it was a typical political ploy, but in this case it was an attempt to reign in the income/expenditure balance which was and is spiraling out of control. Since at the final vote he knew it would pass anyway, it simply served as a statement of fiscal responsibility.






Semantics...it IS a tax hike.
"Statement of fiscal responsibility" or "Statement of military irresponsibility" given troups in the field needing the gear..