Tax cuts are always a good thing as they will help to improve competitiveness in the industries involved. I'm expecting supportive measures for the elderly and poor to have a bigger impact.

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people who want to vote for Bush but don't think Bush is Jewish enough.

We can choose to help the people who are affected by Katrina, or we can give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in America.

It is totally about tax cuts. Our current deficits are not the result of critical spending to help low-income Americans. They are the result of tax cuts given in 2001 and 2003.

Not only will these tax cuts - mainly for the super wealthy and big corporations - wipe out the savings from the budget cuts, it will actually balloon our deficit even further.

Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?