Posted on 07/20/2004 5:50:12 AM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 07/20/2004 7:22:21 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
As a first-generation American I care passionately for this country and I fear for its future. And as an active Democrat, I support the Kerry-Edwards ticket for two fundamental reasons: First, I believe that their view of America and of our domestic economic and social priorities will improve the prospects of a better future for all Americans; and second, I believe that their view of America's position in the world and its relationship to our allies will make us safer in today's dangerous global environment.
The Bush administration came into office with a wealth of experience and a radical view of our domestic as well as of our foreign policy. Their domestic economic policies consisted of large transfers of wealth to upper-income Americans through tax cuts, of large deficits, a cheap dollar and high levels of debt. Significant increases in defense, a recession and the war in Iraq added hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit. Internationally, the administration took an equally radical approach, jeopardizing 50 years of American leadership on a whole range of international institutions and agreements.
The initial reaction of the Bush administration to the events of 9/11 was thoroughly effective and professional. It assembled a broad international coalition, under a U.N. resolution, and won a quick military victory in Afghanistan. And then it was diverted to Iraq, ignoring the objections of key allies and the U.N. and ending up in the morass we see today.
Four years into its term, both the domestic and foreign policies of the Bush administration have, in many respects, failed. Our budget, currency, debt and trade balance, have all deteriorated dramatically; our deficits and sagging dollar have raised the potential of an eventual financial crisis. What is more, I believe that Americans are less safe -- despite the capture of Saddam Hussein -- and less well off, despite the rise in the stock market.
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More proof of what happens when you lower the bar on citizenship requirments.....
first gen Amerian my tucus...this guy aint no American
I'm trying to figure out why this article was worth printing in the first place. Is the WSJ just trying to be "fair and balanced"?
Was this a letter to the editor or was he hired by Al Hunt and works as a rat for the WSJ?
I was just home for a 35th HS reunion. I could tell who was Democrat and who was Republican without asking. After the reunion, I have been emailing with people who were at the reunion, and by email I ask them if they vote "D" or "R". I am guessing correctly every time. I base it on their personality, how stable they are. The ones who are calmer, more stable, happier, without exception vote "R". The ones who are emotional at the drop of a hat, and unhappy, and who can't discuss an issue with you without getting all emotional and worked up, without exception are "D".
"Their domestic economic policies consisted of large transfers of wealth to upper-income Americans through tax cuts"
What a crock! Only a democrat could think that allowing people to keep more of the money they earn is a transfer of wealth. In the democrat world view, all money belongs to the government and if the government allows to keep any of the money you have earned, then they are doing you a favor.
GIRLYMAN
Man, I love Democrats. "We're less safe, despite all indicators to the contrary, and we're less well off, despite the fact that we have more jobs, more homes, and more money."
Transferring wealth is taking tax dollars from me and giving it to others say in the form of Pell Grants for college, medicaid for health care, or earned income tax credits and food stamps.
It is reasonabe to argue the merits of the Bush tax cuts, and it is even understandable when politicians like Kerry demagogue the topic, but when a person of Rohatyn's stature who is arguing the case in a supposedly calm deliberate manner uses innacurate and inflammatory terms like transferring wealth to the rich then the ability to discuss issues rationally appears to have gone by the boards.
Only a brain-dead lefty could believe that taking less money away from people who earned it, regardless of income level, is a "transfer of wealth".
"Significant increases in defense, a recession and the war in Iraq added hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit."
Defense has to be increased because of the gutting of defense during the Clinton administration and because of the needs of the war on terror. The recession began at the end of the Clinton administration and was made worse by the 911 attacks. Thank heaven for the tax cuts or the recession would have been deeper and longer.
What idiots!
"Why I am voting for Chamberlain over Churchill". What a loser.
kerry, testimony before Congress, 22 April, 1971, kerry says, "I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government,...."*(not on any authorised mission by the U.S. Government or by the U.S. military, kerry and his VVAW group meets and negotiates with the then enemy).
*excerpted from the Official U.S. Congressional Record dated 22 April, 1971.
"revamp the U.S. military", read as kerry's plan to PURGE the U.S. Military of Pro U.S. Military Veterans and Republicans, make it totally dependant on U.N. forces support for any significant achievement capable military(similar to france,germany, etc.), Turn home based U.S. Armed Forces, Intelligence agencies and Law Enforcement agencies into the democratic party's{including CPUSA and DSA} Praetorian Guard!!!!
kerry stabbed U.S. in the back continually since his return from Viet Nam. How much more backstabbing from this 22 April, 1971 testimony(self confessed traitor) before Congress that he(kerry) met with the then enemy in Paris, are we supposed to stand????
Some More Interesting historical news about kerry:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091943/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160580/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165078/posts
Some of kerry's friends listed below:
http://www.cpusa.org/
http://www.dsausa.org/
DSA's "Progressive Caucus" Links below:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
They are the Enemy Within!!!!
I have at least one or two interesting posts about said such subject matter, below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1165983/posts
And see:
http://tonkin.spymac.net/hanoikerry1.html
More: Communist Party Backs the RATS!!!! below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171176/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172055/posts
Oops. Substitute "democrat" for "brain-dead lefty" and we both make the same point.
He actually says that it is in their best interests to aid us now in Iraq with security and reconstruction. The Saddam and Oil-for-bribes gravy train is over and nothing can change that. A unstable Iraq is in no one's best interest.
That says nothing about their interests in early 2003.
A rather "happy" looking fellow.
Rohatyn served as United States Ambassador to France from 1997 to 2000. Prior to that, he was managing director of the investment banking firm, Lazard Frères & Company in New York, where he earned his reputation as a leading world authority on mergers and acquisitions. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and his columns and editorials also appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Le Monde and The New York Review of Books. Rohatyn is also frequently a guest commentator on network news programs. His book, Money Games: My Journey Through American Capitalism, 1950-2000, will be published by Simon and Schuster in April 2003.
Rohatyn is a trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Comcast Corporation, Fiat, S.p.A., Suez, LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and Publicis Groupe, S.A. Rohatyn also is chairman of Aton Pharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical company involved in the research and development of drugs for the treatment of cancer. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of numerous other nonprofit organizations. He is a commander in the French Legion of Honor.
Rohatyn currently serves as president of Rohatyn Associates, LLC, which provides financial advice to corporations. He resides in New York City.
The typical leftist delusion: Tax-cuts (keeping more of MY money) is a "transfer" of wealth. Crazy talk.
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