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BUSH LIES got him re-elected

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BUSH LIES got him re-elected

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There are a number of ways of being untruthful. One is to outright lie like President Clinton did about having sex with Monica Lewinsky. Another way is to mask your true intentions. It is clear from the choices President Bush has made in his new budget that he has chosen to lie to the American people by hiding his real intentions.

First, the farm subsidy cuts are going over in the red states like a “lead balloon”. Group after group of farmers, who are responsible for reelecting George W. Bush, feel betrayed by his proposal to cut subsidies. Cotton and corn and wheat growers plan to fight the President.

His cuts in education, police, funding for the poor to heat their homes and pay for medical care have alienated other groups. His cuts in prescription drug funding for our veterans and his proposed changes in Social Security are opposed by veterans and many other groups across America. The most recent poll shows 54% disapprove of the president's job performance. There is an old saying, “be careful what you ask for”. Such is clearly the case in the election of 2004. As time passes, more and more Americans are going to realize what they got by re-electing Bush is not what they WANTED!

If George W. Bush had been honest during the election of 2004, he would be in Crawford, Texas today working on the ranch.
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
revisionist history. COL Gene also forgets that there are actually THREE branches of government. He takes the tech boom and results of a Republican Congress and turns it into "Clinton's Legacy", when in reality it could as easily be said that Clinton's policy of leeching new prosperity pounded the brakes on the economy in the late 90's and crushed the economic upturn.

Dems refuse to see that the disparity between rich and poor exploded during the Clinton years, something they convienently see now but were oblivious to then. They ignore the record $400b trade deficit and utter failure in international trade Clinton left behind.

They ignore the fact that it was Clinton that made an enemy of the EU, fostering trade war after trade war, and foiled the Seatle trade talks in 1999; something we are still feeling to day. He basically told the world to kiss his ass and handed the result to Bush.

Dems ignore that it was Greenspan in charge of micromanaging the economy, a Republican Congress in charge, and it was really Clinton, chasing tail around the oval office, that was responsible for our lush 90's.

Granted, it wasn't lush for the poor, but they only care about the poor during Republican Presidential administrations...

I would add that Clinton left us also with a handcuffed Iraq and rogue North Korea, doing nothing but appeasing for 8 years.

That is Clinton's legacy, imho. Do little, take advantage of whatever good news there is, and blame the next guy for all the weeds.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
drmiler
I was talking about rebuilding the older schools not paying for the day to day operation which is a state/local responsibility. SS/Medicare, Trade, the Federal budget are Federal issues which has nothing to do with opinion.


Old, new, whatever makes no difference. The feds should NOT BE involved in schools in any way.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
Given the shift in responsibility from the Fed to the states, states are not able to fund rebuilding anything. Bush is now proposing to further cut help for police and Medicade which will place even more fiscal strain on the states.

I agree the trade policy Clinton followed did not work. That is the same policy that Bush is following including placing China into the WTO which is responsible for 1/3 of our trade deficit. Then tell me why is Bush proposing to further expand that policy that has failed for 12 years? Is this part of his Strong Leadership to "say the course" even though the course we are taking is leading us further into trouble. The Trade deficit was over 600 Billion this past year up from 400 billion under Clinton!I never said Clinton has solutions but Bush is now President ans has been for the past four years . During those four years the debt, trade deficit, jobs, foreign affairs, oil prices all have gotten worse. The fact remains, the Bush policies have not been effective in dealing with any of these issues and all he wants to do is continue the same policies that are not working.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
"The fact remains, the Bush policies have not been effective in dealing with any of these issues and all he wants to do is continue the same policies that are not working."


Sometimes fixing a mess isn't as easy as making a mess...
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top

Given the shift in responsibility from the Fed to the states, states are not able to fund rebuilding anything. Bush is now proposing to further cut help for police


Well lets start with the police are a "STATE/MUNICIPLE" agency not a federal one. And as such should not require federal aid. And if states can not afford to fund such things then why do I pay federal, state AND municiple income tax?
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
drmiler

Yes, police is the basic responsibility of state/local government. The issue is the total dollars available to meet all the needs. Growth is causing great pressure on both local and state budgets. I know that since my last position was the COO of the third largest school district in PA. The impact on local taxes from student growth created large tax increases at the local level. When we look at the needs of our country from the security issues to the growing and ageing population, the problem is we do not have the resources needed to pay the bills. That showes in the problems almost every state budget his showing and the federal deficit. In every past time of war, the American people were asked to pay higher taxes to pay for the war. Bush has cut taxes three times and now wants to cut the long term federal revenue by making the tax cuts permanent in the face of ever increasing needs like Social Security, Medicare , education and national and homeland defense. No one can, over time, spand more than they take in. Bush will not face that reality!