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Originally Posted by meat
That's a completely incorrect and incompetent statement; no foundation has been laid, no facts have been presented, and there's absolutely no basis for it.
Sheesh. Some people. 
Your pal,
Meat. |
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa543.pdf
Have you been under a rock? Bush is the largest spending president since LBJ. Not only has he had the largest increase in government EVER (in terms of total dollars) (largest percentage since LBJ), He's still the champion among spenders when you remove non-defense dollars (I'm sure all of you who swing from the Village Idiots nuts would argue it's all the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and Homeland Defense...........it's not....he's let the place go bonkers there too).
I'm a died in the wool Libertarian. A conservative libertarian. Unfortunately, Bush violated one of the largest parts of his party mantra, the Government has become ginormous under his tenure.
I've always been an advocate that the President is only one man, he cannot steer the country to war all by himself, and he cannot prevent your home from depreciating, he cannot control interest rates or whether or not you have a job.....
But what he can do is publish guidance to congress about the budget and veto bills that do not fit that guidance. For the most part, Bush has allowed Congress to run amok when it comes to spending. He's increased the Federal Debt AND the deficit.
He's COMPLETELY mismanaged the war in Iraq.....all the way from NOT firing Rumsfeld sooner, to alienating his most prolific cabinet member (Colin Powell) to the point that he quit.
Beyond the fact that he has a degree from Yale and uses terms like "evil-doer" (explain how an Ivy league graduate has the vocabulary of a 4th grader
)
I used to stand behind him because I thought his integrity was paramount and though he was flawed, he was predictable and honest and "what you see is what you get."
But the nonsense has gone too far. He's destroyed the conservative mandate in our country.
He's squandered American tax payer money and worse even, he's wasted American service member's lives.
After saying ALL that, I think he did a far better job than Gore or Kerry would have done. (God help us if Kerry would have been elected
) but damn it people.....
If George W. Bush is the best that we have to offer, we're in serious trouble.