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President Bush has proposed a cap on increased spending for this fiscal year at 4% and a proposal is going forward to allow him to outsource more Government jobs to contractors here in the States.

The problem with outsourcing jobs to contractors is the Federal Employees Union -- most obstructionist bunch of non-workers you will ever meet. If employees worked for contractors, they still cannot strike, but you could sure fire the worthless ones. That's why they don't want outsourcing to American contractors.

Didn't spend almost 8 years watching San Antonio ALC wage board get by with some of the worst work habits in AFMC for nothing. How about beer cans in the C-5's where they were supposed to be overhauling and repairing equipment during Depot Maintenance or workers found sleeping or 1 supervisor for 2 employees?

If the President had the authority to start outsourcing these wage board jobs in DoD, they would be going to certified mechanics employees by the contractor. In AFMC, you don't have to be certified to work on our planes.

Some of you think the President can do whatever he wants and forget the basic principles of the Constitution. The President submits to Congress a budget and his proposals and it is up to Congress to pass or reject those proposals. As I said on Immigration and I will say now, Congress is where you need to focus getting more Conservatives.

What the naysayers on this thread tell me with the total focus on the President is that they do not want a Republican President -- if they did, they would be concentrating on getting more conservatives in the House and Senate instead of bashing the President all the time.

Some of you liked it when Clinton was President because you could whine and bash and get Republicans to agree. You still to want to whine and bash but now we have a Republican President a lot of us intend to work to see reelected and you don't like that fact it seems.

Get off the dime and get out there and work in conservative Congressional campaigns for the primary so we can get more conservatives in Congress!

President Bush has proposed a cap on increased spending for this fiscal year at 4%

Oh wow! So, there will be more spending coming. Since the economy is growing at 8% per quarter, the President will have tons more to spend next year over and above the level of inflation. And that is a conservative thing to do? How about reducing discretionary spending. You guys love to talk about incremental change. How about incremental decrease? Maybe growth in spending by 0%, which means no extra spending and no cuts from previous year. That should be incremental, don't you think?

The problem exactly lies in the President's budget. He outlines billions in discretionary spending. If you understand so much about politics, you must understand that as Republicans in Congress it is hard to vote against the President's agenda. If the President doesn't campaign for you or if he directs the party to shut off election money, then your career in Congress is over. If Clinton proposed expanding Medicare, you bet it would have never passed in Congress. It is hard for a tiny Congressman to stand up against the power of the Presidency. Secondly, why should we excuse the President? He is one man, and that is where we should focus for change. It is hard to focus on 535 people than on one. If the President was a conservative he would use his bully-pulpit to not propose huge budgets in the first place. He would use his bully-pulpit to veto measures like CFR and Sarbanes-Oxley. He is asking Congress to play goalie for him so he could have an easy ride through 2004. No George, the buck starts and stops in your desk. You cannot pretend that you have nothing to do with the buck. As Cromwell said, "By God, be gone!"