I have a vague recollection that after Bush was (s)elected

[Spinzonner]

and left the Texas governorship and the budgetary $hit hit the fan there (as a consequence of his tax cutting policies) he was asked about it and made a comment to the effect it wasn't his problem anymore.

Does anyone else recollect this and have any references/links to the quote ?

They ought to make an add referring to the now U.S. deficit and debt increase and present his Texas comment to show his attitude toward the fiscal messes he creates and the long-term consequences he doesn't care about.

[gristy]

1. have you tried google?

Looks like there might be some hits here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=texas+budget+bush+tax+cuts&btnG=Google+Search

[Spinzonner]

4. Thanks for the help

I added "not my problem" to the Google query and found the following:

http://bushwatch.org/economy.htm

...

WHO WILL PAY FOR BUSH'S WAR? The Bush deficit of $304 billion, the largest in history as well as the most precipitous, (see above) is pre-budget. With the new Bush budget in place, our deficit is $5.4 trillion over ten years. (Bush is back-loading the deficit so the entire economic penality of what he is doing will not be readily apparent until after he is out of office.) Paul Krugman suggests that we count on that post-budget deficit to increase by around $140 billion evey six months, and that's based upon past behavior and does not count the Bush war against Iraq: "Independent analysts, who take into account the stuff the administration pretends doesn't exist — the war, the alternative minimum tax, and so on — think we're looking at deficits of 3 or 4 percent of G.D.P., maybe more, for the next decade. And then it will get much worse." We know that a deficit such as that which is predicted could move our country into a depression in ten or so years. But as Bush said as he was leaving Texas for D.C. when told that the state was moving into deficit spending due to his ill-advised tax cuts, "That's not my problem." To see how bad it could get, let's look at a NYT estimate of the cost of a Bush war on Iraq

....

It doesnt give the exact context of the quote but it ought to be trackable.

This quote and the attitude it represents ought to be stuffed down his throat

[napi21]

2. Yes, I do remeember that comment, and I'm sure you'll hear it again

when shrub is out of Wash. That's of course if anyone even bothers to ask him any questions ever again!

[rfranklin]

3. This is his modus operandi....

Same as his TANG non-service, Arbusto, Harken, Texas and soon, the late, great United States of America (now known as USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Halliburton.)