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Bush Presidency is Advancing the Progressive Agenda
Sierra Times ^
| 6-17-03
| John Bender
Posted on 06/17/2003 5:07:22 AM PDT by SUSSA
Democrats may be worried that George Bush is unbeatable in 2004, but President Bushs strength is good news for progressives. No president since LBJ has been as successful in expanding government and increasing the size and scope of social programs as this president. Presidents Carter and Clinton didnt even come close to matching President Bushs accomplishments in expanding government social programs. George Bush increased government size and spending more in his first two years than Bill Clinton did in his first six years. By the end of this year, he will have expanded government more than Bill Clinton did in his entire eight-year administration.
To be fair, Bill Clinton had to fight the conservatives in Congress who threw up every roadblock they could muster to thwart his progressive agenda. George Bush has not only silenced the conservative wing of the Republican Party, he has ground them into pulp and made them toothless tigers.
There is no longer any serious talk about making government smaller or eliminating government departments or programs. Smaller government used to be the bedrock principal of the Republican Party. President Bush changed that and is pushing Republicans in Congress not just to accept bigger government, but to embrace it.
Instead of eliminating the Education Department, George Bush almost doubled its size and pushed through the largest increase in funding the department ever enjoyed. He and Ted Kennedy worked closely together to make sure that the federal government also has more power over local schools than ever before.
The testing mandated by the education bill, and the mandate that schools meet minimum standards is a brilliant maneuver that will demand the standards and the tests be controlled centrally from Washington. No one will be able to oppose national standards and a national testing system. Without national standards, testing is subjective and worthless. National standards and a standardized national test will require local schools teach to the test. That means Washington will be dictating the curriculum in every school in America. Bill Clinton and Al Gore couldnt even dream of accomplishing this much progress.
In other areas President Bush also out performed President Clinton. He expanded other programs the Contract With America targeted for elimination. He expanded Americorps, the Peace Corps, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Head Start.
Working closely with progressive Republicans and Democrats, George Bush passed the farm bill that dismantled the Freedom to Farm Act that conservative Republicans pushed through Congress, and President Clinton signed, in 1996. This new legislation boosts farm spending to record levels. President Bushs farm bill not only increased old subsidies, it created new subsidies our farmers never had before. No Democrat president could have pushed this legislation through a Republican controlled Congress. The conservative wing of the party still holds some powerful positions in Congress, especially in the House. They were proud of the Freedom to Farm Act and would have fought tooth and nail with a Democrat president to keep it in place. They caved in to President Bush without even a hint of a fight. President Bush effectively cut the conservatives in Congress off at the knees on this legislation and on most of their domestic agenda. He rules the Republican Party with an iron fist and conservatives are unable to out maneuver him.
President Bush signed the Campaign Finance Reform bill into law. Conservative Republicans in Congress are still quietly seething about how he steamrollered them on this. President Bush is also leading the fight to expand Medicare, add prescription drug coverage and mandate mental health coverage. Conservatives kept Presidents Carter and Clinton from adding these entitlements to Medicare. With President Bush pushing the agenda, they arent even pretending to oppose these additions.
The president is also leading the fight to extend the child tax credit to low income families excluded from the latest tax cut. He figuratively bitch-slapped Tom Delay and his conservative cohorts who threatened to derail the expanded credit, urging the Republicans to pass the bill quickly and send it to him for his signature. While progressive Republicans like to claim President Bush is following President Reagans vision for America, he is actually following President Nixons agenda to the letter. President Nixon never tried to eliminate any government program or agency. He expanded government as much as he could. Few people remember that it was President Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Endowment for the Arts. Fewer still remember that it was President Nixon who tied Social Security benefits to the cost of living. President Bush is surpassing President Nixon in advancing progressive social policy.
President Bush is also making talk radio safe for progressives. Hosts who would have railed against President Clinton, or any Democrat, for pushing the progressive agenda President Bush is implementing, excuse this president for it. Many of them attack any conservative who calls to point out that President Bush is a progressive. Even Rush Limbaugh is leery of taking on this president. While he occasionally offers some mild criticism of the president, he always follows that criticism by offering excuses for the presidents actions and progressive domestic agenda. This is partially due to the attacks that come from the Bush cultists any time anyone is anything but worshipful of their guy. Like Democrats who refused to believe that President Clinton was capable of doing any wrong, there is a group of Republicans who would support President Bush no matter how far left he governs. They attack anyone and any group who points out that President Bush is not conservative. Many of these people are domestic progressives who like big government and benefit from government programs. They call themselves conservatives; many of them really think they are conservatives. In fact, they support progressive social programs and most benefit from them. They are critical of the poor who receive government help, but enjoy generous government subsidies of their own lifestyles. Many talk show hosts fall into this category themselves.
The other reason even real conservatives are leery of voicing anything except the mildest criticism of President Bush is they fear retaliation from the administration. They fear being cut off from the information loop. They fear being dropped from the administrations fax and E-mail grapevine. Their professional status is greatly enhanced by access to administration sources and President Bush is not shy about diminishing or eliminating that access for anyone who puts their principals ahead of support for his agenda.
All things considered, progressives are much better off with President Bush in office than they would be with any of his Democrat challengers. No Democrat on the scene today can come close to matching President Bushs ability to advance the progressive agenda and marginalize the conservatives in the Republican Party. Four more years of a Bush administration will produce progressive gains that are only matched by FDRs accomplishments. Rather than being disappointed that they dont have a Democrat in the presidency, progressives should be thankful they have an ideological soul mate in office. For progressives the cry should be FOUR MORE YEARS!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bender is a freelance writer from Dallas, Texas. His columns have appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Ether Zone, Right Magazine, The Sierra Times, USA Daily and other print and online publications. Your feedback is welcome.
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To: sauropod
~~~W. is better than Gore only in a matter of degree. That difference is getting smaller and smaller.~~~
What would Gore have done with many of these items, listed by another Freeper?
Bush killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. That's hardly a liberal position to take.
Bush killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court. Gee, it's only that *every* liberal on this planet supports that court.
Bush killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses, an act of courage that was opposed by every Leftist with a microphone.
Bush reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy.
Bush killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.
Bush killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to impliment; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.
Bush passed the largest tax-Dollar value tax cut in the history of the world, hardly an anti-Conservative move.
Bush has pushed through TWO raises for our military.
Bush has signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit, hardly an anti-gun position.
Bush is currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers, something that the Democrats have vowed to filibuster and oppose at every step.
Bush ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined "collective" right.
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:09:08 AM PDT
by
justshe
To: MississippiMan
Yeah, you bet. LOL. Again, had Clinton used EXACTLY the same wording and EXACTLY the same course of action, everyone here would've deemed it a cave. Speak for yourself. Personally, I cannot stand Bill Clinton, but I think that it's counterproductive to jump on every thing that he ever says or does. I believe in giving credit where credit is due and in being honest. If Clinton had expressed regret over the deaths of the pilots, I would have reacted in exactly the same way that I reacted when Bush said it. If anyone would have tried to call that an apology, I would have pointed out that to regret a death is not to apologize for it and it is not to take responsibility for it.
I regret the death of Gregory Peck. Now did I just apologize? Of course not.
Frankly, too many people around here attack Clinton too much. By that I mean that by jumping on his every word and every deed, it only increases his popularity with people who feel that he's being unfairly maligned. My opinion about Clinton in that regard has always been that he's done and said enough that's worthy of the harshest criticism without having to try to buttress it with exagerated or embellished claims.
322
posted on
06/17/2003 11:14:47 AM PDT
by
alnick
("Never have so many been so wrong about so much." - Rummy)
To: Howlin
"...and they will not allow them to create a Hilter BROWNSHIRT "Committe To Determine Who Is Really Conservative."
Thanks. Very appropriate. :-)
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:16:58 AM PDT
by
alnick
("Never have so many been so wrong about so much." - Rummy)
To: SUSSA
The country is going down the crapper and as you can see, the majority are ok with that, and the majority of freepers are ok with that. The center has been redefined further left. But hey, at least we get our free drugs when we turn 65.
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:17:45 AM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(Mongo only pawn in game of life)
To: SUSSA
((((LOUD CLAPPING))))
Great article. Thanks so much for it! Bush, a socialist Democrats best friend. The Constitution's worst enemy.
To: SUSSA
Okay. My view: free trade is fine to the extent that there is one, fully unified market (global government) and that humans fully lose their human nature (stop behaving irrationally). Neither is likely to happen. To most of us, life is a lot more than producing something and than exchanging some of the goods we made for other we need. This will not change.
To the extent that we continue to live in nation-states and have some attachment to our nation, history, culture, it is more important to us that our nation is prosperous than knowing that the global economic output is maximized. We would rather see our co-nationals fully employed and engaged in activities that are interesting and well-paid even if this is done at the price of delaying or preventing people of other countries or nations from achieving the same.
From time to time, we even have to make important decisions that may appear not to make economic sense. For example, we may refuse to sell weapons to our enemies, even at a good profit and even knowing that our enemy could buy the exact same weapons or better from someone else. This may be irrational but it's what our nature dictates we should do. We may also insist that certain critical goods and products that are critical for our survival are produced by our nation, even though they could be obtained at a better price from elsewhere. It makes no economic sense but it allowed Israel and South Africa survive at a time when most of the rest of the world was against them - I am talking about their synthetic oil and weapons industries.
Therefore... I do not blame George W Bush for imposing tariffs on certain goods, especially if he found that we were victims of other governments' dumping - dumping's aim is to eliminate our national industry by selling us goods at below cost prices until our own ability to make those goods is eliminated.
To: Uncle Bill; Sir Gawain; SUSSA
((((LOUD CLAPPING))))(SUSSA) Great article. Thanks so much for it! Bush, a socialist Democrats best friend. The Constitution's worst enemy.
Huh, Bill your reply #325 is directed to reply #324, which was made by Sir Gawain, and SUSSA is nowhere to be seen.
Whew you guys(malcontents) are getting very sloppy, IMO.
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:31:05 AM PDT
by
Dane
To: Dane; alnick; arasina; Consort; clamper1797; dsutah; G.Mason; Neets; Destructor; OREALLY; ...
Interesting caller on Rush; woman/lady calls in and says she's SO mad and disappointed in Bush that she's never going to vote for him again.
So Rush says "So, who are you going to vote for, Howard Dean?"
Sounds like Rush may just be planning on voting for a socialist!!!!!!
328
posted on
06/17/2003 11:48:02 AM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Dane
That's a dumb reply. At least you could've tied it to the drug war somehow like you always do.
329
posted on
06/17/2003 11:49:33 AM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(Mongo only pawn in game of life)
To: SUSSA
Re trying to turn him. in my own small way I am on an issue that I think could be decisive for him.
link
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:52:00 AM PDT
by
harpseal
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: A Vast RightWing Conspirator
This is a first...I actually agree with you...about the tariffs.
To: Uncle Bill; Jim Robinson
Thanks so much for it! Bush, a socialist Democrats best friend. The Constitution's worst enemy.
Darn that no one voted for you in 2000, Uncle Bill, undoubtedly the Constitution's best friend!
To: clamper1797
Well said!
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:53:35 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Iran Mullahs will feel the heat from our Iraq victory!)
To: Howlin; TLBSHOW
So Rush says "So, who are you going to vote for, Howard Dean?" Sounds like Rush may just be planning on voting for a socialist!!!!!!
Hey if Rush said so, TLBSHHOW, would be a Rushbot and pull the Dean lever.
TLB's future rant, IMO,
"Rush told me to vote against the Bushy bat bat".
334
posted on
06/17/2003 11:54:19 AM PDT
by
Dane
To: justshe
Thanks for posting your note!
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posted on
06/17/2003 11:56:09 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Iran Mullahs will feel the heat from our Iraq victory!)
To: No Dems 2004
To clarify my position: I am NOT saying Bush is no better than Clinton, not by a long shot. Yes, there is definitely a huge improvement in the White House, a bright side, if you will. On the whole, the difference is daylight and dark.
The thing I'm trying to point out is the hypocrisy involved in supporting, or at least quietly ignoring, Bush on any given individual issue, when Clinton would've (rightfully) been roasted daily for it. I'm not equating their presidencies by any stretch of the imagination; I'm simply of the belief that we conservatives should stand on principle and character, not just for the officeholder of the day. Remember all the flak Clinton took--again, deservedly so!--over the Hormel appointment? Where's that same universal outrage from Freepers regarding Bush's appointment of a Romanian ambassador who takes his boyfriend on his arm to United States Marine Corps events? That's one example that perfectly sums up my point concerning the hypocrisy.
Nor does this mean I'm not going to vote for him in 2004. Of course I am. But there are lots who won't. They won't vote for a Dem. They just won't vote at all. He's killing the enthusiasm among many in his base.
Finally, thank YOU for engaging in an intelligent discussion even though we may disagree on some of this. Beats the heck out of the darts of "whiner" and "tantrum" and the other silliness.
MM
To: alnick
My only point in bringing up Clinton at all is to point out the hypocrisy. Not saying you're personally guilty of it, but many here are.
MM
To: G.Mason
Nice insightful analogy. The growth of the government seems to be unavoidable in the near future if you are correct.
And just how will my children pay the bill? Will they have to swim to the side and have my grandchildren also work to pay the bills.
To: justshe
Ooh a list.
Do Republicans really support smaller government? Here are some interesting facts:
- Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress from 1995 through 2001 during which time the federal budget grew from $1.4 trillion to $2.1 trillion (about $100 billion annually). [source]
- Since Republicans took control of the House in 1995, federal discretionary spending has grown by a rate of about 7% annually. The number of earmarks lawmakers have put in the spending bills to steer federal funds to their districts has also grown. By one estimate, between fiscal years 2001 and 2002, they increased from about 6,300 to 8,300, or 32%. [source]
- Social welfare programs under George W. Bush have grown by $96 billion in just two years, versus $51 billion under six years of Clinton, according to economist Stephen Moore of the Club for Growth. [source]
- When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981 the federal budget was $680 billion. When he left office in 1989 the federal budget was $1.14 trillion -- an increase of 67%. [source]
- The last Republican presidents to preside over a decrease in federal spending were Warren G. Harding (who served from 1921 until his death in 1923) and Calvin Coolidge (who served from 1923 until 1929). During that time federal spending decreased 44% from $5 billion to $2.85 billion. However, spending began increasing again in 1928 before Calvin Coolidge left office. [source]
WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS & POLITICAL BOONDOGGLES
- [source] $5 billion bailout and $10 billion loan for airlines via the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.
- [source] $521 million Amtrak budget for fiscal 2002.
- [source] $205 million bailout plus $100 million loan to Amtrak.
- [source] Dept. of Transportation budget increased by 6% over fiscal 2001 to $59.5 billion. (riddled with pork)
- [source] $145 million for the New Freedom Initiative to ensure transportation alternatives for people with disabilities.
- [source] "Homebuyer bill of rights" to Reform Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act -- federal regulation of real estate.
- [source] Continued anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft.
- [source] $1 billion over 5 years for the poor to purchase homes via the "American Dream Down Payment Fund."
- [source] Proposed $3.7 billion in new Medicare funding over the next three years (2003-2005) .
- [source] Health care subsidies for laid-off workers and expanded job retraining benefits ($10 billion to $12 billion over 10 years).
- [source] Wage insurance -- federal wage supplement.
- [source] $67 million in taxpayers' money to finance presidential campaign via federal matching funds.
- [source] Issued executive order creating the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
- [source] Submitted largest budget ever to Congress, $2.13 trillion.
- [source] Increased debt-limit from $5.95 trillion to $6.4 trillion.
- [source] Scholarships for Cuban students and professionals via the Initiative for a New Cuba.
- [source] Increased budget for National Health Service Corps by $44 million to $191.5 million.
- [source] $150 million for the Coast Guard and the Customs Service to hire new personnel.
- [source] Increased farm subsidies by $180 billion over 10 years via the Farm Security Act.
- [source] Increased Pentagon budget by 12% over fiscal 2001 from $316 billion to $355 billion.
- [source] $560 million for the USA Freedom Corps which includes $230 million for AmeriCorps.
- [source] Double the number of Peace Corps volunteers at a cost of $200 million over five years.
- [source] $3.5 million for SuperBowl anti-drug ads.
- [source] Faith-based subsidies.
- [source] Increased federal spending on education from $39.9 billion to $44.5 billion via the "No Child Left Behind Act."
- [source] Signed Congressional payraise of $4,900.
- [source] Patients Bill of Rights.
- [source] Federal Compassion Capital Fund, $700 million over 10 years.
- [source] $100 million to beef up investigative manpower and technology at the SEC.
- [source] $6 million to upgrade a U.S. Geological Survey data center near Sioux Falls, S.D.
- [source] $10 million to help farmers near the Rio Grande River involved in a water dispute with Mexico.
- [source] $7 million for enhancing water supplies in New Mexico.
- [source] A provision pressuring the Agriculture Department to reimburse poultry producers in West Virginia and Virginia for losses from avian influenza.
- [source] $1 billion for Pell grants for low-income students.
- [source] $417 million for veterans' medical care.
- [source] $400 million to help states improve voting systems.
- [source] $100 million for countering western wildfires and floods.
- [source] Taxpayer-funded national memorial, congressional gold medals, and gold coins for victims of 9/11.
- [source] Scholarships and grants to nurses and help hospitals with retention.
- [source] Increased the NEA budget by $10 million, to $126 million.
- [source] $200,000 for a trucker congestion notification system in Tacoma, Washington.
- [source] $500,000 to save the Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse in Colorado.
- [source] $62 million to promote the Sacajawea dollar coin.
- [source] $100,000 a month to monitor news reports and offer advice on media strategy for the Pentagon.
- [source] $1.5 million for maintenance of the Vulcan Statue in Alabama built for the 1904 World's Fair.
- [source] $20 million annually for "Strategic Milk Reserve." Was phased out in 1999 by the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act. Congress extended it temporarily, and then made it permanent again in the farm bill that President Bush signed into law in May.
- [source] $877 million in disaster relief for victims of Tropical Storm Allison.
- [source] $2 million in federal recovery assistance to typhoon victims in Guam.
- [source] Steel and lumber tariffs.
- [source] $1.7 billion plus $300 million in emergency funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) via the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2001.
- [source] $230 million for the Weatherization Assistance Program.
- [source] Federal disaster relief for tonado victims in Maryland.
- [source] Payoff to families of 9/11 victims with taxpayer money via the "Victim Compensation Fund."
- [source] Bush pushes for school vouchers.
- [source] $450,000 in federal funds for the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention for fiscal year 2003 on top of $750,000 in 2002.
- [source] $752 million in drought aid to livestock farmers.
- [source] $30 million in research grants over the next five years to develop new ways of making industrial products from plants and natural waste materials.
- [source] $10 billion military reserve fund for the Pentagon.
- [source] National Institute of Health to spend $24 million on a retirement facility for chimpanzees.
- [source] $750,000 for grasshopper research in Alaska.
- [source] $2 million to house a worm collection at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC.
- [source] $400,000 to study manure management at the National Swine Research Center in Iowa.
- [source] $4.2 million for a shrimp aquiculture research project in six states.
- [source] $400,000 for the Montana Sheep Institute.
- [source] $23.1 billion for the National Institute of Health for fiscal 2002, a 13.5% increase over fiscal 2001.
- [source] $10 million upgrade for Amber Alerts.
- [source] $1 million to upgrade a law enforcement communication system in Placer County, CA.
- [source] $850,000 for a wastewater treatment facility in Placer County, CA
- [source] $1.7 million to purchase 6,100 acres of land along the American River.
- [source] $14 million for restoration projects in the Lake Tahoe basin.
- [source] $3 million for the acquisition of land for rare plant preserves in El Dorado County, CA.
- [source] $600,000 for the West Blount sewer system. (Alabama)
- [source] $1 million for the Duck River Dam. (Alabama)
- [source] $99,000 for sidewalk improvements at Vinemont Middle School. (Alabama)
- [source] $100 million in grants for communities to develop mosquito-control programs. (pending)
- [source] $753 million for Import-Export Bank.
- Increased loan limit for Import-Export Bank to $25 billion. Taxpayers must guarantee loans.
- [source] $159 billion deficit for fiscal 2002.
- [source] $14.2 million for Phoenix Sky Harbor traffic control tower replacement. (pending)
- [source] $4.2 million for Phoenix bus facilities. (pending)
- [source] $500,000 for a Scottsdale pilot project to determine the best technologies for removing arsenic from drinking water. (pending)
- [source] $300,000 for a Southwest Transit Assessment and Review Team (START) project for Bus Route 131, which runs through Avondale. (pending)
- [source] $500,000 for Central Arizona College to continue implementation of the Science, Engineering, Math and Aerospace Academy in Pinal County. (pending)
- [source] $1 million for Rio de Flag (Flagstaff) flood-control project. (pending)
- [source] $1.5 million for Maricopa County's AZTech Integrated Emergency and Transportation Communications Network. (pending)
- [source] Creation of new federal bureaucracy, Office of Rare Diseases.
- [source] $100 per month federal subsidy to welfare parents who marry.
- [source] $8 million to maintain a heating oil reserve to stabilize prices in the U.S. Northeast. This fund was created in 2000 by Bill Clinton.
- [source] $2 billion over 10 years to help companies develop cleaner-burning coal.
- [source] $87 billion in corporate welfare which includes (but is not limited to) funds for oil companies through the fossil energy research and development program, research subsidies to aerospace companies, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Foreign Agriculture Service, and the Conservation Reserve Program.
- [source] $6 million for teaching English through the Elementary School Foreign Language Incentive Program.
- [source] The federal government currently provides $700-800 million in annual ethanol subsidies.
- [source] $37 billion through 2007 for the National Science Foundation via the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002. (pending)
- [source] $15 billion for NASA fiscal 2003.
- [source] $903 million in grants to spur federal agencies, industry and universities to devote more energy to cyber security research.
- [source] $533 million over two years for Project Safe Neighborhoods. Billed on the official website as "America's Network Against Gun Violence."
- [source] $900 million for the President's "Reading First" plan.
- [source] $28.9 billion "anti-terror" package. (As if the federal government didn't already spend enough on defense)
- [source] Increased FDA budget by over $120 million.
- [source] $1.1 billion for federal reading programs.
- [source] Proposed economic stimulus package which could cost as much as $600 billion over 10 years.
- [source] Ordered military to begin deploying a missile defense system.
- [source] Urged Congress to raise pay of federal judges who already earn $150,000 or more annually.
- [source] Increased the National Science Foundation budget from $4.8 billion to $7.4 billion in 2005 and $9.8 billion in 2007.
- [source] Proposed increasing defense spending to $378.5 billion next fiscal year from the $364.1 billion appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2003.
- [source] $782 billion in new spending for fiscal 2003 above what Washington spent in the previous four years.
- [source] Reinstated program to pay cash bonuses to political appointees. The program was previously stopped during the Clinton administration because of concerns about potential abuse.
- [source] "Terror insurance" which would force taxpayers to compensate those affected by future terrorist attacks.
- [source] Up to $3,000 for unemployed Americans to pay for their job searches.
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posted on
06/17/2003 12:04:09 PM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(Mongo only pawn in game of life)
To: justshe; AAABEST; harpseal; Carry_Okie; Noumenon; Jeff Head; Squantos; sasquatch; kitchen; ...
Bush refuses to reform the regulations promulgated from the Endangered Species Act.
Bush's Justice Department unlawfully detains people without charging them and without allowing communication with lawyers or family.
Bush signed CFR.
Bush signed the huge Farm Bill.
Bush just about doubled the funding for the Department of Education.
Bush refuses to do anything with respect to closing our borders. They leak worse than a sieve.
Under Bush's watch, an out of control Transportation Security Agency promulgates regulations that exist for two purposes: 1) to convince airline passengers that the Gubbermint is "doing something," and 2) for annoying passengers (exhibiting a greater and greater degree of control).
Under Bush's watch, little old grannies have to take their shoes off at the airport, but don't you DARE "racially profile" an Arab.
Under Bush's watch, the Gubbermint has had to raise the debt ceiling (yet again).
Sorry, honey, I'm not buying this crap!
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posted on
06/17/2003 12:11:29 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Don't drink the RINO Kool-Aid!)
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