Bush sends Congress $2.57 trillion budget

AP ^ | 2/7/5 | MARTIN CRUTSINGER

[txradioguy]

I think what gets a lot of us is when people come in here and just regurgitate the junk they hear on the MSM without much thought or facts to back up their claims.

Me personally...it get's my ire up when that happens cause I'm not one of those uninformed "sheeple" who just takes as holy writ what the MSM feeds us in soundbites on the news.

So I have a habit of challenging people on the issues when they do drive-by smears of people or issues with no means to back up their claims.

[txradioguy]

Almost forgot...welcome to FR.

[malakhi]

I just found this board. It's seems some people get very upset if you don't agree with everything they think.

I Plinket, welcome to FR.

What you've noted is pretty much true of every board and forum on the internet. ;o)

[joesnuffy]

Cutting disabled war veterans benefits is status quo for all politicians...

They seem to enjoy doing it most of all with a war on...

Though no doubt the AIDS money and money for pet illegal aliens will still flow out of tax payers pockets..

[joesnuffy]

The Palestinians will get another billion or so tax payers money

...imo

[JPJones]

And I love how budgetary increases below the rate of inflation always qualify as "deep spending cuts".

Ditto that, I remember when Clinton proposed a 1.6 trillion dollar budget, that at the time, was outrageous. If we spend 2.5 trillion, then next year we should spend 2.0 trillion, then 1.6 trillion, etc., that would be fiscally responsible.

[txradioguy]

"Cutting disabled war veterans benefits is status quo for all politicians...

They seem to enjoy doing it most of all with a war on..."

Maybe I heard wrong Joe...but didn't President Bush submit the largest budget EVER fot the VA here recently?

And if what I heard was correct...how could that be construed as "cutting benefits"?

Not trying to argue just asking cause I want to make sure I'm straight on this as a future possible VA recipient myself.