Posted on 09/16/2005 7:36:31 AM PDT by hinterlander
President Bush has just concluded his obligatory speech from New Orleans to tell us how we're all going to be heavily involved and invested in the rebuilding of the Crescent City.
Let's take a quick look at his laundry list -- a list for which he neglected to name a price tag.
The federal government will "do what it takes" and will "stay as long as it takes" -- great, just what I wanted to hear.
States will be reimbursed for their efforts in responding to Katrina. Does that include states like North Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Montana where some of the victims/refugees might have gone?
Contrary to the strong suggestions of Jack Kemp, there will be no attempt to employ the idea of capitalism and free enterprise in this "recovery."
The Katrina aftermath proved to be a massive failure of government. So, Bush and his men think that the correct response to major federal government mess-ups is what -- more federal government?
He, of course, had to pander to the Left and note that "poverty has its roots in racial discrimination." What a load of malarkey. Poverty has its roots in the current welfare state -- which is exactly what Bush is proposing.
How much is this thing going to cost? Who knows! Could be $200 billion or more.
Who's going to pay for it? You are. I am.
Forget about making the tax cuts permanent. You know, the tax cuts that turned the economy around, pulling us out of a recession.
Want AMT relief? Too bad.
Want to get rid of the Death Tax? Not likely.
Sounds a lot like Marx to me: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
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Does anyone understand the term "Pragmatism"?
Can't wait to see the replies to this one ;)
The care-taking role of the federal gov't. in massive disaster relief is not socialism. What's a gov't going to do, sit by and watch people die, lest it be called socialistic?
You WILL learn to love Big Brother.
We're just taking the advice of a very wise thinker and great leader of humanity. After all, it takes a village...
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The government sat by while my grandfather died of cancer. I didn't blame the government, or expect the government to somehow make him live forever.
So we just let the gulf region die?
What do you mean, "we"? Did it get built in the first place by the government? Let insurance companies pay the claims, and let private enterprise rebuild.
Wouldn't that be the "Gulf Opportunity Zone" part of the plan?
Whoever wrote this appears to be totally ignorant of the political power at stake right now.
The situation in New Orleans, even though I blame Blanco & Nagin and terrible planning for the horrible aftermath, was ultimately caused by a natural catastrophe.
I do believe that relief at that time is a requirement of the Federal Government which is mandated to ensure "the general welfare."
And, I also believe that if this President and this Congress do nothing, that the conservatives will lose miserably in the next election....maybe even at levels that would change the balance of power.
...to raise an idiot! After all, this is a BENIGN socialist tumor! ;-)(sarcasm???)
See my post #2.
Excellent.
Better to lose every gain by clinging to nit-picking, economic doctrines, than make humanitarian concessions in time of natural catastrophe. /sarcasm
Some people amaze me.
Why not just declare the entire US an "Opportunity Zone" then?
Ummm... Because the entire US wasn't just leveled by a hurricane?
America's debt is approaching unsustainable levels. We need to cut back spending in other areas if we're going to fund this effort $200,000,000,000.
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