Posted on 02/02/2004 6:32:01 AM PST by robowombat
Let me just say I'm old enough to know what you are, I have two grandsons who are more mature than you
Josef Stalin had similar ideas: "Are there contradictions in the Worker's Soviets oppressing the workers? Yes, but those contradictions are good and should be heightened, for they assure that eventually the glorious dialectical materialist leap will take place to the future paradise! We oppress in order to free!"
So it's fair to say that you oppose nearly all of the significant domestic agenda "achievements" of this administration?
I suppose it hadn't occurred to you that I pointed out a spelling mistake in an insulting post that you directed at me..?
Hint.. if you're going to try to flame someone.. be intelligent enough to spell the flame correctly.
Otherwise you look like a dullard.
FY04 Proposal
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Post-WWII Average (FY46 - FY02)
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Clinton Budgets (FY94 FY01)
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G.H.W. Bush Budgets (FY90 - FY93)
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Reagan Budgets (FY82 - FY89)
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Total Receipts as percent of GDP |
17.0%
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17.9%
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19.4%
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17.7%
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18.0%
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Total outlays as percent of GDP |
19.7%
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19.5%
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19.6%
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22.0%
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22.3%
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Deficit (-)/Surplus as percent of GDP |
-2.7%
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-1.6%
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-0.1%
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-4.3%
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-4.3%
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Annual growth in total receipts (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $) |
2.7%
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2.9%
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4.9%
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0.5%
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2.5%
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Annual growth in total outlays (average % change from previous fiscal year, FY96 $) |
2.2%
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2.3%
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1.5%
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1.9%
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2.7%
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Defense spending as a percent of total outlays |
17.5%
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35.5%
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17.1%
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21.7%
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26.7%
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Non-defense discretionary spending as a percent of total outlays |
19.2%
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19.4%*
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17.6%
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16.6%
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17.1%
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Net interest costs as percent of total outlays |
7.9%
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10.5%*
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13.9%
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14.5%
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13.2%
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Other mandatory spending as a percent of total outlays |
55.4%
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41.6%*
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51.4%
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46.2%
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42.9%
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Debt held by public at end of fiscal year as percent of GDP |
36.9%
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44.0%
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43.0%
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46.3%
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36.7%
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Gross Debt at end of fiscal year as percentof GDP |
64.8%
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56.2%
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63.4%
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61.8%
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45.4%
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* includes only data back to 1962 since the distinction between discretionary and mandatory began only in that year. |
Pretend Bush is really swell or the democrats will win.
There's a new and refreshing argument.
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Has Held Elected Office | Yes | Yes | |||
Served in the Military | Yes | Yes | |||
Issues | |||||
Abortion | |||||
Appoint Judges Who Will Outlaw Abortions | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Outlaw "Partial Birth" Abortions | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Outlaw Abortions Except for Rape/Incest | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Parental Notification for Minors Under 18 | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Gay Rights | |||||
Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Equal Rights for Civil Unions | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Allow Gays to Openly Serve in the Military | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Religion in Government | |||||
Organized Prayer in Public Schools | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Commandments Displayed in Federal Buildings | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Federal Funding of Religious Charities | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Gun Control | |||||
Safety Devices on All New Guns | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Background Checks on Gun Show Purchases | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Require Safety Course, License Before Gun Purchase | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Death Penalty | |||||
Abolish the Death Penalty | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
National Review of Death Penalty Fairness | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Education | |||||
No Child Left Behind Act | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Vouchers for Public, Private or Religious Schools | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Increase Federal Funding for Higher Education | Somewhat Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Homeland Security | |||||
The Patriot Act | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Tighter Immigration Controls | Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Iraq | |||||
The War in Iraq | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Turning Over More Political Authority to U.N. | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Immediate Withdrawal of U.S. Troops | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
Foreign Trade | |||||
Embargo on Cuba | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
U.S. Involvement in NAFTA | Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Mandatory Labor/Environment Standards in Trade Agreements | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Health Care | |||||
Universal Government-Supervised Health Care | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
Medicare Prescription Drugs Coverage By Private Insurers | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Expand Medicaid to Cover More Uninsured Americans | Strongly Favor | No Opinion | |||
Limit Malpractice Suits Against Doctors, Insurers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor | |||
Welfare Reform | |||||
Hiring Welfare Workers Tax Incentive | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Welfare Benefits for Legal Immigrants | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Child Care Services for Getting Off Welfare | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Social Security | |||||
Raise Retirement Age | Strongly Opposes | No Opinion | |||
Privatize Social Security | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Cap Payments to Wealthy | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Tax Cuts | |||||
Roll Back the Bush Administration Tax Cuts | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Opposes | |||
Roll Back Cuts for People Making Over $100,000 | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Additional Tax Cuts for Businesses | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Jobs | |||||
Raise the Minimum Wage | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Extend Unemployment Benefits | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes | |||
Environment | |||||
Oil Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor | |||
Mandatory Clean Air Emissions Standards | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes | |||
Tougher Fuel Efficiency Standards | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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No, because the Conservative movement doesn't advocate electing Democrats as some here have.
That's bad enough, but then they sabotage the rest of us fighting and clawing to push forward the whole platform one desperate inch at a time.
The rest of your posts gave ample indication of that.
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