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Everyone has a new years wish. BUT ! , lets look back at
2004. Hah
The US govt admits to spending 500 bil more than it took
in.
The trade deficit for 2004 reached 500 bil.
Unfunded mandates by all public entities US, state and
lacal including SS, pensions etc approached
64 trillion.
What is Bush's solution?
Passed a medicare prescription drug bill with
estimated cost of 800 bil benefitting drug firms.
Passed a tax reduction package benefitting ONLY the
industrialist.
Free import duties to Home Depot for ceiling fans
made in China.
Tax writeoff for US Companies moving facilities, plants
and home offices out of the country.
Iraq war costs of 10 bil month
Nations interstate highways paid for with fuel taxes
being prizatized to tollway with foriegn owners.
An insane air passenger checkin and strip search of 80
year old ladies BUT cannot profile ones that represent 100% of the terrorist
threat.
Open Mex and Canadian borders with El Salvadorian gangs
moving Al Queada in the USA.
A homeland defense bill that protects politicians and
overrides constitutional protection of citizens.. yet failed to include a safe
borders provision,, with a promise to address the issue in January 2005 ( in a
pigs eye!)
A banking system and insurance industry moving cash
overseas and replacing the cash with " paper" offsets approved by the
Fed.
Have I left anything out ?
Yea! How do we find a Nixon that can get us out of Iraq
like Vietnam. Too late ?
Meanwhile back at the ranch in Texas I muse over
how things used to be..
Bad men shooting and killing, robbing banks and stealing
horses. It got so bad Texas formed a Ranger band. The rangers would send a
stalking horse into the badmans lair while the ranger went in the back door and
shot the bad guy in the back with a shotgun. So much for Hollywood heroics. It
darn sure worked for us for all those years. Funny that the bad guys never stole
any women.. too tuff I guess .
When the US attorney for New York is worried about the insurance industry and banks moving money overseas. I think its time to look for a solution better than writing your congressman. Thank goodness 2004 is over ! Here comes 2005 , bring it on , I can't
wait.
Richard
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