New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday ripped into President Bush’s economic policies, stating that the federal government’s rebate checks are “like giving a drink to an alcoholic.” Referring to the federal deficit, he added that the nation “has a balance sheet that’s starting to look more and more like a third-world country.”
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