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To: ilovew
I said that was the most important to me.

Me too. It has to be, at this point.

Certainly, there are other important issues as well. Most of those issues I tend to agree with President Bush on. There will never be a politician with whom I can agree on everything. But on most of the issues that are important to me, I agree with President Bush.

Okay, let's have a look...

I believe Saddam, at the very least, was a threat to his own people and we are all better off without him.

Me too, but I tend to categorize that as foreign policy/WOT. I already agree with virtually everything he's done in that regard.

I believe that it is very important that children gain basic knowledge at a young age because it becomes increasingly difficult to learn as you get older.

Who doesn't? I suspect every singly American agrees with that; the difference in opinions come when determining how best to meet that goal. My personal opinion is that school systems run at the local level fare best - hence my disagreement with the No Child Left Behind Act. Federal money hurts the education system, because beauracrats in DC don't know what kids in the 50 states need. What do you think on that account?

I believe that President Bush's tax cuts have worked since the economy is continuing to grow.

Again, I suspect virtually every conservative believes that as well - it's a pretty basic tenet of economics. I want to see more tax cuts long-term, because they'll have the same effect. But how will that happen when we continue to experience unrestrained growth, and have a deficit of $500 billion? That provides liberals with ammo to defeat tax cuts, and that's the problem I have with this administration. Do you agree?

I believe that life starts at conception and that abortions are murder.

What conservative doesn't? But again, that doesn't account for the details. Anyone can agree on very generic statements of policy, but when we get down to actually implementing them, that's where disagreements surface. Know what I mean?

383 posted on 02/01/2004 4:46:49 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: NittanyLion
**My personal opinion is that school systems run at the local level fare best - hence my disagreement with the No Child Left Behind Act. Federal money hurts the education system**
Well, that's where we differ. I believe that President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act is making sure that children learn the basics at a young age. I've gone to school with people who still don't know the order of the months. It amazes me that they ever made it beyond elementary school. Clearly the local level isn't doing their job.
**But how will that happen when we continue to experience unrestrained growth, and have a deficit of $500 billion?**
Since President Bush has a plan for cutting the deficit in half over the next five years, I am not currently concerned about the deficit. If his plan does not seem to succeed over the next few years, then I would be concerned.
**Anyone can agree on very generic statements of policy, but when we get down to actually implementing them, that's where disagreements surface.**
But again, President Bush has done something on that regard as well. I completely agree with his decision to ban partial-birth abortion and the fact that it was ever in existence seriously disturbs me. I am very worried about that, in particular, because I know that if a liberal is elected, the first thing that will go is the ban on partial-birth abortion.
386 posted on 02/01/2004 10:21:39 AM PST by ilovew (I love my cowboy president!)
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