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Does it matter who wins the White House? by Chuck Baldwin
According to a recent survey, a whopping 75% of the American people believe
the answer to the above question is no. The Portrait of America poll
conducted July 23 reveals that most Americans believe it really doesn't make
much difference whether George W. Bush or Al Gore is elected president of the
United States this November. They might be right.
A study of the positions of Gore and Bush show more similarities than one
would expect to find. For instance, both Gore and Bush support U.S. funded UN
"peacekeeping" missions. Both men support participation in the WTO by the
United States and China. Both Bush and Gore favor continued funding of the
IMF and World Bank. They both support granting permanent Most Favored Nation
trade status to Communist Red China. They both support the expansion of NATO
and supported Clinton's illegal war against Kosovo. In fact, Bush even
intervened to block a congressional vote that would have placed a time limit
on the U.S. presence in Kosovo.
Bush and Gore both support enacting additional gun control laws. The argument
on this issue (like most issues) is only one of degree, not direction. Both
Bush and Gore support Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy allowing
homosexuals to serve in the armed forces. They both favor an increased role
for the federal Department of Education. Neither Bush nor Gore wants to
abolish the National Endowment for the Arts. In fact, Laura Bush said that
one of her top priorities as First Lady would be to expand federal funding
for the N.E.A.
Neither George W. Bush nor Al Gore has revealed any inclination to get China
out of the Panama Canal or to restore an American presence there. Neither man
has indicated any interest in protecting our borders from the current
onslaught of illegal immigration. Neither man has expressed any desire to
abolish Affirmative Action. Both Bush and Gore support the Legal Services
Corporation. I could go on, but you get the point.
The vast majority of the American people can see for themselves that both
major parties are spitting images of each other. Neither party offers the
American people a change of direction. Even on fiscal matters, the
differences have mostly to do with rhetoric and less to do with reality.
While preaching conservatism and tax reduction, Republicans have increased
federal spending by over one-third since they took control of congress in
1995. According to a new Cato Institute study, the current 106th Congress
(controlled by Republicans in both chambers) "is well on its way to becoming
the largest-spending Congress on domestic social programs since the late
1970's." The study's authors, Stephen Slivinski and Stephen Moore, say the
reason is the "inability or unwillingness of Republicans to eliminate
virtually any government program."
According to the study, instead of eliminating 95 social programs, which the
GOP promised to do, they have increased federal spending for those programs
by a combined 13%. Steep spending increases have been granted to programs
ranging from AmeriCorps to Goals 2000.
Democrats must be green with envy at how Republicans can be so liberal with
our tax dollars and yet enjoy such widespread support among people who
profess to be conservative. I must admit; I marvel at this, too.
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