To: futureceo31
It came out of Congress because BUSH muscled the conservatives into it. Remember that 3 hour medicare vote? The bribe offered to Nick Smith?
NO Democrat would have gotten such an initiative through congress.
To: The Old Hoosier; futureceo31
This one is coming out of the White house for next years' budget. This is not the increase from last fall.
557 posted on
01/28/2004 8:32:22 PM PST by
GeronL
(Two kinds of people in this country: Makers and Takers........ which are you?)
To: The Old Hoosier
The bribe offered to Nick Smith?
You mean the Nick Smith who crawfished all over the place after being called on his allegation? That Nick Smith,the paragon of veracity and principle? ?
565 posted on
01/28/2004 8:34:21 PM PST by
gatorbait
(Yesterday, today and tomorrow......The United States Army)
To: The Old Hoosier
NO Democrat would have gotten such an initiative through congress."
Uh wrong ... There was BIPARTISAN MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING EVEN WORSE! (Democrats+ a few RINOs) ... but the House leadership had bottled it up, and the Democrats would rather have that as a campaign issue than compromise, so they didnt push it fully in 1999. After 2000, Bush as President held the high cards.
The Democrats wanted a version that would cost 2X.
Had Gore been elected, they would have:
(a) NOT PASSED TAX CUTS
(b) PASSED A MORE EXPENSIVE MEDICARE EXPANSION
1,068 posted on
01/29/2004 8:06:57 AM PST by
WOSG
(I don't want the GOP to become a circular firing squad and the Socialist Democrats a majority.)
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