I dunno. I don't think Sam admits it. Other comments inline. > > >The tax cuts were a good idea....the awful spending on the > heels of them were not.
I'm an agnostic on this. It seems as though tax cuts were just part of the credo, that he had to do it, and I don't know whether he even cared about the economy as long as his buddies got a break. I am not sure that the alleged economic benefit of a tax cut has ever really been documented, but I suppose it is possible as I look at Canada and Britain and say well yeah, too many taxes are definitely not the way to go... > > To be honest, I'm not even familiar with this administration's energy > plan. There's a reason for that. It is conducted behind ferociously protected closed doors. The Sierra Club is *still* suing to know who was on the Energy panel Cheney chaired and the administration is *still* fighting it, four years later. As if we didn't know that there were boind to be oil people in this administration. But I'll tell you one thing -- as seen from here, it can definitely but summed up as "screw wilderness, screw the water supply, drill for oil." They are going to lease out one of the most beautiful places in New Mexico -- Valle Caldera -- for oil. And the recently passed bill totally ran roughshod over New Mexico's concern about the water supply with respect to Otero Mesa. > Medicare... naw, costs a bunch, doesn't fix the problem Sure you remember it. The prescription drug card that will actually *increase* some seniors' costs, and gain the drug companies a few billion. >Does his partial privatization idea fix the problem? No. But it's still a good idea. Maybe. Short term it would definitely cost a bunch. And I don't think it would solve the problem. I think Social Security needs to be seen for what it always should have been, a safety net. And those that can should have IRAs and Keoughs. No need to drag the government into approving people's retirement planning. Dana -- ....as scenes of horror that seemed to be coming from some third world country flashed before us, official Washington was like a dog watching television. It saw the lights and images but did not seem to comprehend their meaning or see any link to reality - Bob Schieffer, Face the Nation, 9/4/2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173025 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
