Posted on 01/29/2003 8:31:33 AM PST by PhiKapMom
That would not make it constitutional or moral.
Those could be the words on the tombstone of a constitutional republic, unfortunately.
The Republicans now are in the majority in all three branches of government. (both the house and senate in the legislative branch).
No more excuses. They offer bigger government and an expansion of unconstitutional federal programs.
A short thread so far, who knows, maybe it's embarrassing to many.
The TTIC info you've posted does not warrant this conclusion. It says nothing about transfer of authority. It speaks only to information collection and sharing.
That "majority" includes so-called Republicans like Chaffee, Snowe and Specter in the Senate, and like Morella, Boehlert and Houghton in the House. Also, some votes require a 2/3 super-majority for passage.
The tax code, as such, is not being changed. The rates would be lower under Bush's proposal - 10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%, effective retroactively to 01/03 - and the marraige "penalty" would be eliminated. Also under this plan, President Bush would increase the Child Tax Credit, end double taxation on dividends, and allow small businesses to increase their expense write-offs.
...single income, no kids will they get a cut in taxes.
Yes, because of the reduction in tax rates. More here.
But hey, if you're proposing a complete overhaul of the tax code, I'm with ya. Let's scrap it and start over.
We understand that this term applies to Sen. KKK Byrd holding up proceedings in the chamber by talking for 48 hours straight - the dictionary even confirms this. What we don't understand is what the R's and D's mean when they speak of The Filibuster in reference to the judicial nominees. I heard it mentioned that in the event of The Filibuster being brought to bear in the Senate, the R's will need 60 votes to overcome The Filibuster by the D's.
Webster's tells us that The Filibuster refers to any obstructionist tactic in a legislative body. Okay, then. What, specifically, will the D's do in The Filibuster to prevent the passing of judicial nominees through the Senate?
I'm sorry they don't have enough for an absolute strangle hold on everything. But they are in control, and we saw what they proposed, (not acquiesced to) so it's kinda easy to predict the future.
I am starting to figure out the definition of "Compassionate Conservative."
It is a Social Conservative/Fiscal Liberal who believes in the Reagan model of tax cuts to stimulate the economy, but does not believe, as Reagan did, in smaller government.
I love and pray for President Bush. He has the character and the charisma of Reagan, but lacks his fiscal restraint. Reagan ended the Cold War without instituting one new federal agency, regulation, or program that I am aware of.
Reagan understood that faith without works is dead, but good works by government enforcement are no good works at all. Robin Hood was no Christian; he was a Socialist.
I understand that 9/11 changed a lot of things, but one thing it didn't change was the Constitution, nor the difference between right and wrong. It is wrong to raid the wallets of Americans to aid Africans, as merciful as that aid may be. It is even wrong to raid Americans to aid other Americans. Charity is a noble virtue; it incorporates the idea of a willing surrender of one's time, talent, or treasure for the benefit of another out of love. Once the giving is forced, it is no longer charity; it is then extortion. Charity begins at home, not in Washington.
I was disheartened to hear that President Bush used his executive priviledge to sign into law his Faith Based Initiative. Anyone who will accept money collected by garnering wages to continue volunteer work doesn't know the meaning of volunteerism.
I am afraid of the unintended consequences of President Bush's good intentions. Now that billions in American taxpayer dollars will be going to do good works in Africa, when any Christian organization asks for donations, Americans will reply, "But I am already giving, through the government!" It may mean the end of many good works, not the beginning of them.
Altruism, at gunpoint.
FR must have the largest membership of political research and documentation experts on the planet...and I have really taken advantage of it.
To date I have well over 5,000 FR files burned onto CDs, all organized by topics and dates.
It makes a great reference data base when it comes to discussing or debating almost any subject relating to the Bush adminstration, politics,the liberal left, the world etc.
Free Republic is truly a wealth of information.
His eyes delivering "you support America and America supports you" were the most impressive countenance ever.
Re the "national"/"foreign" intelligence seamlessness:
Clinton destroyed the FBI counterintelligence role with Freeh's complicity.
You recall Goss' COS John Millis (CIA veteran) calling Deutch the "worst DCI for counterintelligence" and Clinton the "worst president for counterintelligence"--to restore any domestic intelligence capability in CONUS will be a plus--anybody remember 9/11?
The fuel cell thing is cutting edge--it's the buzz of the Los Alamos people here. Very cool.
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