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This is the inside left of the big pamphlet. There is a photo of McSweeney working and one of his wife and the girls.

The message is that "Spending in Washington is out of control." McSweeney starts with the deficit of $8.2 trillion and pledges to "end this wasteful spending...including frivolous projects like the $223 million 'Bridge to Nowhere.'"

Then, McSweeney advocates

· lower tax rates
· making President Bush's tax cuts permanent
· tax incentives for small businesses
· cutting unnecessary regulations and
· simplifying the tax code.

One might ask if there is any conflict between bringing spending under control and cutting taxes.

It reminds me of the position Lyndon Johnson took in 1965-66 when he insisted on pressing the Vietnam War and the Great Society, even though my boss, Budget Director Charles Schultz advised him against it:

"Charlie, my boy," Johnson is reported to have said. "I don't want to lose any Democrats."

Not exactly on point, but, cutting this deficit with a war going on is not going to be easy for a freshman congressman.

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