Gee, what a surprise. Bush & Co. friends can’t make money off of social programs the way they can with a war. Fight potential terrorists or make America a country worth living in again? Tough choice, that. Teenagers see hypocrisy and the corruption of morals starting at the WH on down and feel disconnected from a worthwhile future. Unable to get financially viable jobs, drugs and crime seem reasonable alternatives, and writing graffiti on walls of houses they can never afford to own is OK. I’m glad I never had kids.
Bush: We Can’t Spend $22 Billion On America Because We Need $200 Billion For Iraq War
The Democratic leadership in Congress is set to pass a host of domestic funding bills that would exceed Bush’s request by $22 billion. The extra funding would help go towards veterans health care, infrastructure improvements, education, and other domestic priorities.
Speaking to business leaders at a White House event this morning, Bush railed against the relatively modest increase in spending, arguing that $22 billion is “a lot of money”:
“Some in Congress will tell you that $22 billion is not a lot of money. As business leaders, you know better. As a matter of fact, $22 billion is larger than the annual revenues of most Fortune 500 companies.”
What is so sad for us is Bush can’t see the irony in his statement.
Violent Crime, a Sticky Issue for White House, Shows Steeper Rise
Violent crime in the United States rose more than previously believed in 2006, continuing the most significant increase in more than a decade, according to an FBI report released yesterday.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program found that robberies surged by 7.2 percent and homicides rose 1.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. Violent crime overall rose 1.9 percent, substantially more than an increase of 1.3 percent estimated in a preliminary FBI report in June.
The jump was the second in two years, following a 2.3 percent rise in 2005. Taken together, the two years represent the first steady increase in violent crime since 1993, FBI records show.
The uptick presents a significant political challenge for the Bush administration, which has faced growing criticism from congressional Democrats, big-city mayors and police chiefs for presiding over cuts in federal assistance to local law enforcement agencies over the past six years.
Yup this is all Bushes’ fault. After he leaves all this will change for the better because Hillary/Guiliani/Congress will ride to the rescue and save us from the evils of the Bush administration, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. The irony being full of starch.
Quoting random fluctuations in criminal statistics will remain the sport of the unknowing. We defiantly need more cops who have attended The University of Cowboy, 1 charged Tazer with every diploma.
if it feeds, clothes, houses, or provides health care to an american, then we cannot afford it,
however, if it explodes, or incarcerates, tortures, or kills someone we don’t like, then money is no object.
plain and simple.
It’s been decades since Eisenhower left office – warning this nation of the military-industrial complex taking control of our nation.
As much as the public level of corruption governing the US most often blathers about Xhristian loonies and decadent old boys in office, the fact remains that if you follow the money it’s heading into the pockets of the creeps who profit the most from death and destruction.
Trouble is – the average American probably can’t spell”Eisenhower” and thinks the military-industrial complex is a parking lot in Virginia. Poor ignorant gits.
#1: Trust me. I have no illusions about the what the Democrats will bring. Different friends, different corruption.
The US military budget currently matches the sum total of all the military budgets of all the other countries in the world.
Translated for right wingers: We spend by ourselves as much as everyone else does together. And adjusted for inflation, we are spending more on the ‘pure’ military budget now since Korea, and the cold war (with the big expensive enemy) is over.
And that does not include the separate budgets for the Afghanistan and Iraq “wars”, or the security operations of the CIA, NSA, DHS, etc. Those are not part of the ‘military’ budget.
The USA is spending 770 million dollars per day on Iraq. That is about 25 billion per month. Can one of you right wingers please give me a couple of examples (any examples) of how this is money well spent. And please don’t lie (like you always do, you look retarded by now) by saying we are helping them by building schools and electrical power plants – that hasn’t happened in years.
Our education, transportation, health (heck you name anything) in America is starting to really suck, and the last 6 years, thanks to a moron-in-power, have been a freefall into nothingness for America.
Oh yeah, I forgot one accomplishment… lower taxes for the richest 5% of Americans.
I know, let’s blame Move-On and Columbia University for all our problems,, or better yet, Clinton and his blowjob.
This is not just Bush’s fault. Frankly, Congress is mostly to blame for mismanaging the budget since they are the ones that have the power. When are people going to wake up and realize that we simply do not have the money for more social programs and should instead be focusing on paying down the debt.
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do not have the money for more social programs and should instead be focusing on paying down the debt.
Thanks for reminding me that thanks to Republican spending during the last 6 years, the US debt limit has been raised to 10 TRILLION dollars (say that with a Dr Evil accent), and our trade deficit continues to increase.
The president may not create the budget, but he sets the tome, establishes priorities and has the veto power. The nutjob that we have as president couldn’t care less about budgetary control… he knows that it’s not his money anyway, so what does he have to lose.
Democrats will have a tough time fixing the incredible damage that has been done to our country by the right wing during the last six years.
This is a bad bill plain and simple . It gives free insurance to illegals and to people up to 25 years of age and an income of 80k dollars
Firstly I dont want my tax dollars spent handing out tissues for an illegal with a runny nose ( the emergency room is there doctor because they know it is free ) If an illegal is truly ill we should treat them then arrest them and deport them.
Second if your making 80k a year ,Im damn well not going to pay for your insurance
3rd if your 25 you should be able get insurance by now, if not you need to take a long look in the mirror at your career choice.
My question to all who want universal coverage is why is it that we all know ant thing the govt does it does poorly and too expensively and both those problems increase the longer the govt does it, but you think this will be different for some reason?
PMitlchell – Do your knuckles bleed from dragging them? Does the metal plate in your head set off airport metal detectors? Do you put a dish under you chin to collect your drool as you swallow to the bullshit that Savage, Limbaugh, and other PT Barnum wannabe’s feed you? How often do you wash your Coulter inflatable doll?
I heard there was a sale on spines the other day. I hope that Congress can get there before they are all sold out.
Awake your comment about the deficit is contradicted by the main post. Pres. Bush is threatening to veto spending.
So apparently all crime is now Pres. Bush’s fault.
The criminal is not to blame, after all he can’t afford rich houses so it’s ok to graffiti them.
It’s amazing how the American public is so easiiy fooled. Thank god I don’t live in the US.
MikeN –
Bush is threatening to veto spending.
You didn’t finish your sentence. Bush is threatening to veto spending on a social program that will benefit the poor. He is not threatening to veto spending (or tax losses) on corporate welfare, unaccounted military and security expenditures, 3.7 billion for ONE Navy destroyer, 17 Billion for 22 now obsolete stealth fighters.
It’s OK to not spend money directly on the people of America. Their health, education, infrastructure don’t matter, their ‘security’ is all that matters.
“And Nero fiddled as Rome burned down.” Look at America now, it is starting to burn down, while our psychotic leader looks in other directions.
You can’t cut taxes in a time of war and expect there to be anything but a disaster. Yes, this *is* Bush’s fault. He is the first president to EVER cut taxes in a time of war. The cutting of taxes for the top 1% of wage earners is HIS deal, HIS choice. America as a whole suffers as a result.
When will the mindless bushbots ever get it? When will they ever realize that Bush doesn’t care about you, he cares about the wealthy, the social ‘elite’ that he caters his policies towards?
>>why is it that we all know ant thing the govt does it does
>>poorly and too expensively and both those problems
>>increase the longer the govt does it
wtf planet do you come from, dude? The “government” kicks the ass of private enterprise when it comes to providing health care for Americans, in the form of medicaid, medicare (and at least pre-Bush) the VA.
I guess maybe that’s because they don’t have an army of people getting $135,000,000.00 to deny health care to sick people. You can buy an awful lot of tissues for runny noses for $135,000,000.00. And that’s just ONE of the parasites taking home the gravy.
AWAKE you seem to have your insults down pretty good but you havent presented any argument disproving the facts of the case
normal liberal arguing tactics. If your wrong and loosing the argument then don’t answer like you have a brain, just insult the conservative and mention Hitler, or Nazis and them claim victory
you did a fine job awake
We need to spend TRILLIONS to defend ourselves against Adolf Hitler!
Bin Laden = Adolf Hitler
Saddam = Adolf Hitler
Ahmadienejad = Adolf Hitler
Chavez = Adolf Hitler
Berkeley University = Adolf Hitler
Liberals, lesbians, sodomites and Moveon.org = Adolf Hitler
#8
And how exactly do you explain the behavior and decisions of the current Congress? At the end of the day, the buck stops at the door of Congress. They have the power to set the budget and trump the President if need be and have failed miserably both Democrat and Republican alike. Had the Democrats shown some sliver of competence in getting elected over the past decade or two, we’d be blaming them for the same ridiculous spending we have now.
#17
Tax revenue INCREASED after the tax cut even during a time of war. It was absolutely the right decision. The problem is that the yahoos in Congress then took that additional money and spent it and then some. We don’t have a revenue problem in the US, we have a spending problem.
#9
Sorry Greg, did not mean to mis-portray democrats, what I meant by Hillary/Guiliani/Congress is that the next crop of politicians is no better than the current crop. Corn on the cob is still corn on the cob regardless of crop rotation or the field it is harvested from.
Your argument of needless war or health care for children is actually in my mind a no brainer. Unfortunately the current seeds of knowledge in washington are to closely tied to the mother plant, a wind of real change is needed not name change.
The current system is setup to protect the status quo, forever ensuring their dominance over policy, economy and culture.
#10
That is so American, blaming your incompetence to those who are not white.
I think you live by the immortal words of Homer Simpson: “Blame the one who doesn’t speak English.”
#23 Angel –
That is so American, blaming your incompetence to those who are not white.
I think you generalize just a tad too much. I am American, and I am white, but I certainly don’t agree with redneck opinions like Pmitchell’s. There are lots of us that are very embarrassed to have people like him being what has become the image of America to the world. Hearing him speak reminds me of a bad episode of cops, one with plenty of trailer trash as it’s ‘stars’. Not that Paris Hilton, Spears and Prezduh Bush help much either.
A better way to phrase it:
That is so redneck, blaming your incompetence to those who are not white.
I can understand if people are against the war. I can understand if people are against this president. But what I can’t understand is why these same people think that spending on social welfare acutally fixes the problems of this country. We have spent TRILLIONS and have we solved our social problems? NO! We still have the same problems and they’re even worse. The dems have no interest in solving them. They campaign on the same issues and yet they never fix them. Why is that? Cause if they did fix them, they’d have nothing to run on! There is no desire for the democrats to fix ANY problems other than wanting to raise your taxes so they can spend your money on their pet projects.
#24 – Awake, what’s the deal about rednecks? You realize they feed the rest of us. They are good folk.
meh. I’m so apathetic about this that I really dont care one way or the other. Dems or Repubs, its just 2 different sides of the same corrupted & tarnished coin.
This country is doomed. get out while you still can.
The U.S. has had a 165% increase in military spending from 1996 to 2005. We spend about half of our entire GDP on the military, and…..do you really feel that much safer in return? Would new bombers have saved us from a handful of guys armed with box cutters and a lax intelligence community (or leaders who didn’t care)? Did all those billions help build strong levees or help save the people trapped in New Orleans? How about those integrated communication systems for first responders—how are those coming along? Remember, when conservatives try to tell you how great the economy is doing, ask them about the median (not average) income, and then ask them why the U.S. dollar is now 1 to 1 with the Canadian dollar. We don’t make anything here anymore. Someone turn the lights out.
#28 – “We spend about half of our entire GDP on the military” Where the hell did you get that figure, ignoramus?
Try about 4-5% of GDP, and it should be even higher.
http://www.truthandpolitics.org/military-relative-size-graph.php?meas=GDP
#24
I can’t help it, there’s way too many politicians on the airwaves and way too many radio folk blaming illegal immigrants for their own lack of competence.
#26
Tell that to Matthew Shepard.
Well you have to start cutting somewhere. And the few extra billion dollars being proposed, with an expansion to illegal immigrants and wealthier families, isn’t a bad idea. Pres. Bush has said he will sign the ordinary extension of this health care package.