[Miss Marple]

Put up what? I'm not the POTUS, Bush is. That's what we have Bush and the GOP Congress for. To analyze, evaluate and make decisions. Bush won the election, he gets to set policy. The feds make the decisions, we either agree or disagree. That's the way it works in America. I've sent quite a few emails to the WH over the last few years about no vetoes from the President on spending legislation. I contact my Congressman and my Senators too. That's how our representative consstitutional republic works.

So, your solution is to carp about spending. The President gets to make the decisions, and if you don't like them, you gripe? And you refuse to offer an alternative solution?

Do you not understand that the program relies heavily on the private sector? That the President is REQUIRED BY LAW to initiate federal help for this area? That he has said he will not raise taxes, and that offsets will have to be made? That the money is going to be closely watched?

This is NOT "throwing money" at the problem. It is wise stewardship of funds that he is REQUIRED to spend.

And I see that really, you don't have a solution. No amount of calling me a Bush cheerleader (which I am quite frankly proud to be) changes the fact that you have NO alternative solution.

[MNJohnnie]

So, your solution is to carp about spending. The President gets to make the decisions, and if you don't like them, you gripe? And you refuse to offer an alternative solution?

It is a valid question RM and I too would like you to answer her.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>So, your solution is to carp about spending. The President gets to make the decisions, and if you don't like them, you gripe? And you refuse to offer an alternative solution?

Spoken like a good Bush cheerleader. LOL Refuse isn't the case. Again. The President made some big promises. He is expanding the federal bureaucracy and spending taxpayer funds in an out of control manner. There are enough government programs in place right now to handle the load. We don't need anymore government programs designed to handout more and more taxpayer funds.

>>>>This is NOT "throwing money" at the problem. It is wise stewardship of funds that he is REQUIRED to spend.

Baloney. With few exceptions, in my lifetime the federal government has been throwing money at problems for 40 years. $8-trillion. It would appear Bush43 and the GOP Congress are no different. Just keeping up with the liberals.

>>>>And I see that really, you don't have a solution.

You've been ignoring what I've been posting and for good reason. You have no problem with Bush and the GOP Congress spending whatever it takes and expanding government to accomplish whatever they want to achieve. That maybe good politics, but its bad policy. The solution isn't to throw endless money at problems. Besides, the federal governemnt is lousy at solving most problems. Finding reasonable solutions is the answer. $200-billion isn't reasonable to this conservative.