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My biggest problem, by far, in the list of things he voted for was the Prescription Drug Bill. This is the biggest expansion of the welfare state apparatus since LBJ’s “Great Society” push. There is NO WAY that I can excuse a Republican, much less a supposed conservative, for voting in favor of such a socialist monstrosity. In fact, I feel as strongly about this as I do some of the nonsense that Guilani has supported in the past. Medicare is already in worse shape down the road than even Social Security is and we have politicians in D.C. adding another HUGE addition to it? I like Hunter and his patriotic background and would be OK with him as a Secretary of Defense, but under NO circumstances do I want to see him anywhere near a position where he can impact spending decisions. This nonsense is going to bankrupt our country and push our future generations into financial servitude. I absolutely loathe the idea. Besides his record on Federalism, one of the things that has attracted me the the Thompson campaign is his decision to make entitlement reform a key topic of the campaign.

>My biggest problem, by far, in the list of things he voted for was the Prescription Drug Bill.<

Why? This is one bill that draws NO money from the government. Didn’t you read my post? The prescription user pays the premiums to private insurance companies to cover a portion of their prescription costs. The gubmint pays NADA. This bill was a pat on the head to the pharmaceuticals. It costs taxpayers nothing!