The headlines across the country today are about “Bush’s Budget Bungle,” a $3.1 TRILLION albatross of excess, BUT lost in all the verbal excess is the fact that the Democrats major problem with the Bush budget isn’t how much is spent, but what is CUT.
In other words, they want MORE!!!
Democratic lawmakers made it clear that they would ignore the president's proposals to cut Medicare and Medicaid spending.
Although some Republicans also had problems with the Bush budget, like Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, who chided the administration for not considering the costs of adjusting the alternative minimum tax in future years.
For those who say the administration “Should CUT defense spending,” the Bush budget DOES!
Overall defense spending would decline from $670.5 billion this year to $588.3 billion in Bush's 2009 budget.
But the Democrats, in effect, want MORE!
They want a bottomless pit of social spending and resist the NEED to halt our run away “entitlement spending, especially Medicare and Medicaid spending!
In other words, they want MORE!!!
Democratic lawmakers made it clear that they would ignore the president's proposals to cut Medicare and Medicaid spending.
Although some Republicans also had problems with the Bush budget, like Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, who chided the administration for not considering the costs of adjusting the alternative minimum tax in future years.
For those who say the administration “Should CUT defense spending,” the Bush budget DOES!
Overall defense spending would decline from $670.5 billion this year to $588.3 billion in Bush's 2009 budget.
But the Democrats, in effect, want MORE!
They want a bottomless pit of social spending and resist the NEED to halt our run away “entitlement spending, especially Medicare and Medicaid spending!
One thing's for sure, you CAN'T cure excessive spending with EVEN MORE excessive spending!
