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Senate Clears Way for Trade Bill Vote (and more federal spending)
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| May 23, 2002
| AP
Posted on 05/23/2002 10:17:28 AM PDT by Alan Chapman
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:33:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: libertarians
Several points to make.
- The federal government ought not be doing any of this.
- When "White House and GOP leaders that they said would offer protection for an industry..." that really means they intend to give away taxpayers' money to people who are unable to compete in a market saturated by tax and regulation.
- When "House Republican leaders also agreed to add a provision to a spending measure to provide additional Medicare funding..." that really means they intend to give away taxpayers' money to people who cannot afford medical care in a market which was ruined by the government.
- Health care subsidies and job retraining benefits (at a cost of $10 billion to $12 billion over the next decade), as well as "wage insurance" and import protection are not things the government should be doing.
The Republican party is supposed to be the "party of smaller government" and yet they are only too happy to expand programs, add new ones, increase funding, pass more regulations, and offer "protection" to certain industries. Ask yourself if that's the kind of government you want.
To: Alan Chapman
This is BS, might as well have president hillary.
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05/23/2002 7:07:03 PM PDT
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boomop1
To: *libertarians
Important stuff.
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