>> At the end of the day, it all comes down to the American people. > >What a total abdication of responsibility. Americans voted in a >Republican majority because of the platform they ran on: fiscally >conservative, strong defense, integrity.
Agreed, the public doesn't feel the need to take responsibility for the problem, they blame the politicians. People say they want responsibility, but they also say: 1. don't cut Social Security 2. give me more elderly health care benefits (Medicare) 3. don't raise my taxes The U.S. public in general can't add or chooses to ignore the math. They think "the government" should take care of them no matter what, but they don't understand the basic economics that drives the governments ability to provide services and benefits like Social Security and Medicare. They hear about the cost of the Iraq War and believe that it's unfair that their beneftis should be cut, but they fail to understand that Social Security and Medicare alone cost more every year than every penny we have ever spent in the Middle East, and those costs will only rise. >What explains 2004 can only the pack of lies and propaganda. I don't >think Mr. Bush and congress would pass muster today. I agree with that, but not for the same reasons as you, I think. Katrina-Wilma, the droning coverage of the Iraq War (a la local news - aka who got killed today), the current crop of scandals- all of this has people just totally depressed. The good news for all of us is that things are turning around, especially in the economy. Hopefully 2006 is better than 2005. Apropos of current scandals, Duke Cunningham was my Congressman, which means there is an open, Republican-friendly seat in my district. Hmm ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:186519 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
