http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4031197.stm
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President George W Bush has again said he is committed to a strong US dollar.
Mr Bush said the best way to reassure those concerned about the dollar's decline was to deal with his country's large budget deficit. *snip*
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Yet it is clear that the federal government will continue to borrow. Only last week, the president signed a new law, allowing the government to increase its borrowing by a further $800bn.*snip*
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Does he think he can make unplausible announcements like that and we just won't notice that his administrations actions are in direct contradiction to his words? He's just paying lip service to fiscal discipline whilst practicing precisely the opposite.
[ 11-22-2004, 07:46 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]