To Hell with the Grandkids

clipped from www.nytimes.com Charge It to My Kids By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Yes, those silly Democrats. They’ll raise taxes for anything, even — get this — to pay for a war! Excuse me, Ms. Perino, but I wish Republicans would revert to type. I thought they were, well, conservatives — the kind of people who saved for rainy days, who invested in tomorrow for their kids, folks who didn’t believe in free lunches or free wars. “In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries,” said Mr. Hormats, “Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes — and nonessential programs have been cut — to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.” Again, do we have any ability to sacrifice anymore? Keep shopping America.