Posted on 12/10/2003 11:33:12 AM PST by Stew Padasso
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:43:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
"The majority of Repub-licans, at the urging of the president and GOP congres-sional leaders, voted for the $7 trillion prescription drug entitlement to become the nation
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Richard W.
No, he seems to be sticking with the values of todays GOP....record pork barrel spending, suppression of free speech before elections, bigger, more intrusive government....
yes he has, we cannot wait for next november so as to vote for the Dean\Hitlery ticket to save us
A good portion of the deficit spending can be attributed to losses suffered throughout the business community after 9-11, and the resulting war on terror.
The medicare, however, is a farce, as is the excessive pork spending that he refuses to veto.
Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 34 months
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I realize that you are being sarcastic, but that is exactly what Commissar Bush knows won't happen.
Our Beloved Leader is using the WOT to hold us hostage to his socialist agenda.
What choice do we have? Vote 'RAT and go socialist or get killed by terrorists (whichever comes first), or vote RepublicRAT and stand a chance a going socialist and live.
Federal spending is up to historic levels, even discounting for national defense and the new Department of Homeland Security. Below, find the latest work Cato scholars have done on runaway federal spending. From the Tax & Budget Bulletin"On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 16, August 2003. "The Federal Government in 2040," by Chris Edwards, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 15, June 2003. "Federal Government Should Increase Firing Rate," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 10, November 2002. "Corporate Welfare Update," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 7, May 2002. "Sunsetting to Reform and Abolish Federal Agencies," by Chris Edwards, Director of Fiscal Policy, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 6, May 2002. "Farm Reform Reversal," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 2, March 2002. Studies"The Balanced Budget Veto: A New Mechanism to Limit Federal Spending," by Anthony W. Hawks, Policy Analysis No. 478, September 4, 2003. "Farm Subsidies at Record Levels As Congress Considers New Farm Bill ," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato Briefing Paper No. 70, October 18, 2001. "The Return of the Living Dead: Federal Programs That Survived the Republican Revolution ," by Stephen Moore and Stephen Slivinski, Cato Policy Analysis No. 375, July 24, 2000. Opinion and Commentary"Reformed to Death," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, Tech Central Station , August 1, 2003. "The Mother of All Big Spenders: Bush spends like Carter and panders like Clinton.," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, NRO, July 28, 2003. "Bushs Bigger, Fatter Welfare State," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, NRO, July 18, 2003. "Drugs for the Elderly . . . and Taxes for the Children.," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, NRO, June 24, 2003. "What Fiscal Discipline?," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, June 14, 2003. "Hey, Big Spender," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, Tech Central Station, March 26, 2003. "Bushs Achilles Heel: Governement Spending Is Out of Control," by Veronique de Rugy, A Cato Commentary, NRO, February 12, 2003. "Bush's Overspending Problem," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, The National Post, February 6, 2003. "Averting War Between the Generations," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, Trenton Times, November 26, 2002. "'Sunsetting' to Reform and Abolish Federal Agencies," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Daily Commentary, April 26, 2002. "Bush Budget Reads Well, Numbers Disappoint," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, Liberty Magazine, April 2002. "Save the Farms -- End the Subsidies," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, Washington Post, June 3, 2002. "The Grapes of Graft," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, New York Post, December 19, 2001. "Real Emergencies and Farm "Emergencies"," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, October 8, 2001. "How Much Reform Can Taxpayers Afford?," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, The Washington Times, September 11, 2001. |
That is depressingly accurate. I doubt he's doing it deliberately, but the end result is the same.
I've still got all of my rights, but then again, I'm a real, Southern, American man.
How did you lose yours, and specifically, *what* can you not do today that you *could* do before Bush was sworn in as President? I'm curious about just what specifically you think that you've somehow "lost."
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