Posted on 02/13/2004 9:22:34 AM PST by PhiKapMom
I ain't NEVER praised Slick Willie...LOL!! Some things are simply beyond the pale.
"The point here is that all of this is a drop in the pocket compared to the budget-busting Medicare Bill. Let's keep things in perspective here: we are talking about the comparison of pennies versus dollars..."
Granted, we LOST in the Prescrition Drug debate, but we lost that in the '00 campaign which Dubyuh barely won despite this obvious pandering to the Senior Citizen vote...that said, we snuck in some structural changes that may help to curb spending on Medicare in the future, if we follow thru and demand said changes (i.e. MSA's) are enforced and expanded upon.
Sure it seems like pennies to dollars to save a little here and a little there, but anything we can do to hold domestic discretionary spending increases to 1% per year for the foreseeable futures is a HUGE WIN fer our side. I feel an obligation to applaud these efforts when undertaken by the Bush Administration or the Conservatives in the House. Heck, a coupla weeks ago, I saw a little-noticed proposal by Dubyuh to end--or significantly reduce funding for--128 Federal PROGRAMS (yes, entire programs). This proposal got little to no airtime, but should be celebrated as a starting point fer getting Federal Expenditures under control!!
We gotta keep the faith and fight the good fight, I doubt President Kerry would give our arguments fer fiscal discipline much credence!!
FReegards...MUD
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