If a Tree Falls in the Woods...

If John Kerry writes an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal laying out his economic plan for his presidency will anyone read it?

Kerry's article is relatively short and lays out a pretty stark choice for WSJ readers; readers who are nominally supposed to care about the economic fundamentals of our country. They can either accept the continuation of Bush's policies which have reaped a staggering deficit with no end in sight, or they can take a chance on Kerry bringing financial sanity back to fiscal policy.

Forty-three months into his presidency, George Bush's main explanation for this dismal economic record is an assortment of blame and excuses. Yet what President Bush cannot explain is how the last 11 presidents before him -- Democrats and Republicans -- faced wars, recessions and international crises, and yet only he has presided over lost jobs, declining real exports, and the swing from a $5.6 trillion surplus to trillions of dollars of deficits.

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With the right choices on the economy, America can do better. American businesses and workers are the most resilient, productive and innovative in the world. And they deserve policies that are better for our economy. My economic plan will do the following: (1) Create good jobs, (2) cut middle-class taxes and health-care costs, (3) restore America's competitive edge, and (4) cut the deficit and restore economic confidence.

But like the tree falling in the woods with no one there to hear it, WSJ subscribers have to read this piece without prejudice in order for it to "make a sound." I hope that those who must work with facts and numbers every day have the clarity of vision to see truth across the aisle.