Its a lot harder to operate within the USA now. Everyone must be documented,a nyone without proper ID aint getting in.

As for the big budget deficits, they're being financed by massive loans from Asian (Japanese/Chinese) banks. Bush's 2nd tax cut was spent mostly on items from those two countries (TV, DVDs etc...) , trade gap down , deficits up, dollar in free fall, but Saddam is out of power (that cost over $250m and is rising)

As for drastic budget cuts. People are going to have to dig into their pockets to pay for essential services. Unless Bush increases taxes (which he needs to , esp if he wants to oust the mullahs of Iran) then the middle classes are going to suffer. Unintentional sanctions against the middle classes, the last country where the middle classes had to suffer was South Africa, we all know what happened there. Look for guys like Howard Dean to appeal to more & more.

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