This would be in addition to a much less theoretical short-term cooling caused by smoke from the fires and dust thrown into the atmosphere by the impact.
And of course, in addition to our plans to reduce the long-term demands on the state by fixing our broken society and to improve the productivity of the state by reforming public services we want to save money straight away by cutting out government waste and outdated programmes.
In addition, the long-term budget deficits that this president is producing may undermine the war on terror by forcing cuts in military spending and foreign-aid.