When I saw that 88 committees/subcomittees of the Congress were involved with these agencies to be combined, I knew that President Bush was making the right decision. That is too many Committees that have to be answered to in the Congress -- no wonder the Feds get very little done if the Congress is involved with so many different people.
After Homeland Security is a Cabinet position and the agencies combined, then Congress needs to do a housecleaning to get rid of some of these excess committees!
In the Air Force quite a few Major Commands have been combined over the years and each of them after the first year has brought a savings in manpower and dollars and are more efficient then before.
In addition, all one has to look at is the military's Special Operations Command at MacDill AFB that has all Services represented and working together. The naysayers were present when this Command was formed about how the members of the different branches of Service could not work together -- well they have done just fine!!!
If this was a clinton/gore proposal, it sure was under the radar. Notice how their names pop up to take credit for something that people like! Where were they for 8 long years? As for Ron Paul -- Didn't he vote against the Tax Cuts? That says it all for me!
No, he did NOT vote against the tax cuts. Ron Paul voted for every single one of Bush’s tax cuts, including the cut in marginal tax rates and the elimination of the marriage tax penalty in March 2001 and the tax cut bill that Bush signed in June 2001, as well as the Tax Relief Guarantee Act of this year. In addition he has introduced such bills as The Family Health Tax Cut Act, the Teacher Tax Cut Act, and the Public Safety Tax Cut Act. How about hearing it straight from the horse's mouth?
"I always vote to reduce taxes," Paul stated. "Texans in my district know that I support every tax cut bill in Congress, as my voting record shows. I supported President Bush by voting to lower tax rates for all taxpayers, and I also voted to end the unfair marriage penalty. I will vote to end the destructive estate tax, which is the third plank in the President's tax cut plan. Rest assured that I will support his plan in its entirety. I applaud the President for following through on his campaign promise to reduce taxes on American families."I have had to address this same disinformation before, and I can only imagine that certain persons not happy with Ron Paul’s support of the Constitution even when it goes against GOP policy have been spreading false rumors to discredit him."Federal taxes are far too high, and the federal government is far too large," Paul continued. "My commitment to voters is simple: I follow the Constitution and I fight to make government smaller. This commitment compels me to vote for all tax cuts and against all spending increases. Although my own legislation would reduce taxes more drastically, I always will support the President's tax-cutting efforts as a positive step in the right direction."