Canada is a prime example of where we will be in 8 years or so. They are straddling that socialist/free market fence and when you do that...it means that you do both poorly. Germany and Sweden have pretty efficient health care systems, however they are also teetering on bankruptcy.
Yes, we are overtaxed, but until we stop giving the Education Departments, the Military and other Federal programs a budget that is based on a "Use or lose" program, we will never cut out un-neccesary spending. Let them submit a budget, and be able to ask for additional monies, or return what is unused,..but this format is ridiculous!!
Yup, and foreign aide, welfare, et. al. When George Bush released his first year's budget, his spokesperson said something to the effect of "If you contemplated every expenditure put forth in this budget for one minute each, it would take you a little over a year to do it."
Let that hang around in your cranium for a while, and you will easily see the depth of this problem goes beyond just the big dollar items.
See, I agree with you. We are over taxed! Our Constitution is so well written, it even addresses that. We need to back this President who is trying to reverse the heavy taxation that has been happening under previous Congresses and Administrations. It is un-constitutional to be taxed to the excesses that we are. I just heard President Bush call for the tax cuts to be permanent. So why aren't more people backing him?
He increased the budget. He increased education spending...he increased farm spending...he increased medicar subsidies...he signed CFR....and this isn't even scratching the surface....it gets worse when you begin to look at Ashcroft and his anti-Liberty proposals.
I refuse to back a man who lies to me. George Bush said he was a conservative.
He lied.