Mitch: That's interesting, I didn't know that.
Could it be said that it's a global politic of his - for instance, are all public spends going "on credit", so to speak, or is it limited to certain sectors? (and in that case, which ones?)
Also, it does sound incoherent to cut the income and max out the spending, of course, yet being anything but an expert in this field, I'm wondering: could this move be justified by some obscure (well, at least for me) and surely paradoxical economic theory?
I mean, at least on the French side, everything is clear and simple: public spending is going over the top (and blasting the EU's "stability pact") and taxes are following (I'm not buying ChIraq's alms on the income taxes as "tax cuts". It's a joke, not an abatement.)