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Clinton avoided the draft like our VP. Bush wanted to make it look like he served without serving. His honorable discharge was undeserved since he did not obey regulations or attend drills for the last six months of 1972. He got help from Daddy's friends! If he had been im my unit, I would have reported him for active duty when he failed to attend drills. If he did not obey regulations(The physical) I would have recommended an Art 32 investigation, und

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That is what the Blog started about. Replies got into other things. The shame is that Bush can never admits when he has made an error. He just changes the reason why he is correct. This time it to protect the children from knowing that the President of U.S. was a drug user. Guess what- they all know it. What they do not see is the President admitting to his past mistakes!

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Im not a conservative but I am a Republican. As I have said, ALL bush supporters never face the truth. Bush said lets judge by results. I agree. Has the trade deficit improved under the Bush policies? Have we balanced the budget under Bush? Are we moving toward a balanced budget? Has he brought this country together? Are we more energy independent since Bush took office? How does he plan to pay for the Medi

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Messybuu Look at #31. That is the important point.

Reply to What's So Bad About George W. Bush? in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler Just thought you wanted to be complete. Don't you care about the 25,000 injured or the 300 billion of our tax dollars?

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He does not agree with many of the Bush policies. What he thinks and what he said to help Bush get reelected may be very different. If Bush had lied about me the way he lied about Sen McCain in Vietnam, I would not even talk to him. That was a shameful way to address the service of Sen McCain especially when you look at the Bush service during the Vietnam War! You Bush supporters NEVER address the facts presented but shift to something else. Bush distorts the size of the budget deficit by exclud

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drmiler Lets be totally factual about Iraq 1450 dead, 10,000 combat injuries, 15,000 non-combat injuries and we will have committed $300 billion of our tax dollars if Congress approves the $82 Billion supplemental Bush just requested.

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His fiscal policies are a disaster. The debt and the interest it will require will mortgage the future of our country. There is no reason given the fact we are in a recovery to be having an annual deficit of $675 Billion. He has no plan or intent to balance the budget and begin paying down the debt.

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The reason I hate his policies - They are not making life better for the vast majority of Americans!

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Sen McCain The vet Bush blasted in 2000 was my man. You Bush supporters totally ignore the results of the past four years. I did A lot better in the 1990's then since george took office!

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Look at #27 I forgot the word "NOT" Unlike Bush, I can admit when I make an error. Unemployment is low because many workers that have been out of work for so long are not being counted. The unemployment rate in Dec 2000 was 3.9% Job growth was reported today as very week. We have far more new workers because on population growth than new jobs. Many of the jobs that have been created are by small business and they are part time and with few if any benefits. 46 Million worker

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IslandDog First, I have been a Republican for over 40 years. I am a moderate that believes in the old GOP. Balance the budget (prior to 1980) and stay away from "nation Building". That part of the Republican party has been subverted by the conservatives. I DO NOT hate Bush I just show how his policies ARE NOT WORKING!!!!! Over the past Four Years: Job Growth has not kept up with population growth Mfg Jobs are leaving this country The trade d

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The election is over but the issues facing us are NOT. Social Security, Job creation, the deficit, tax cuts, trade deficit, Iraq etc are all front and center and will be the subject of Congressional action. We need different solutions because the Bush policies have not resolved any of these issues! In fact, most have gotten worse during the past four years.

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What took place 35 years ago is not the most important issue. What is moral about cutting help for the poor to heat their homes and pay for their health care? What is moral about cutting funding to our Vets for the prescription drugs? What is right about driving this country into debt so our children are forced to pay for our excesses? Bush should read his Bible about what Christ had to say about helping the poor and how hard it was for a ric

Reply to $675 Billion Deficit if FY 2005 in Politics JoeUser Forums

There may be other ways to resolve our problems but the policies we are following clearly show they are NOT working. Why don't you offer some other policies, other then just blindly support what Bush has tried. I do not know what academic and actual business experience you have but I suspect it is limited.

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I omitted the word "not" in post #19. I DO NOT hate Bush! As I have said many times before, the problem is the results are just as I have said in #19. He is not resolving our problems at home or abroad.

Reply to Support Our Troops- Approve $82 Billion for War in Politics JoeUser Forums

No I am not in the top %5 income bracket. My tax bracket is at the 25% bracket. I am talking about people with annual incomes $150,000 and above. The top two tax brackets need to have their tax rates returned to the pre 2001 level. Retain the Estate Tax (doen not end under current law until 2010) and restore the tax rates on dividends to pre 2001 levels. Keep the new 10% bracket, higher exemption for children under 18 and elimination of the marriage penality. The congress also needs to increase

Reply to $675 Billion Deficit if FY 2005 in Politics JoeUser Forums

Given the homeland defense and military requirements, I doubt that the net change in the size of the Federal employment will change. We can not make the tax cut perminant and must reverse the tax cuts for the wealthy ASAP. We need to plug the corporate loop holes now. We need to begin taxing all wages for Social Security to increase the Social Security Trust Fund.

Reply to $675 Billion Deficit if FY 2005 in Politics JoeUser Forums

There may be other areas that can be cut but those cuts are not even close the the 675 Billion of the deficit. In addition, to begin paying down the $7.6 Trillion debt and reducing future interest would require even more than the 675 Billion per year. Face it, without both spending cuts, higher GDP growth and tax increases, the deficit of the size we have today can not be resolved! If we start cutting lots of federal jobs we had better have job growth

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Pork are appropriations that do not go through the normal process and are tacked on to other bills. The rebuilding of basic services are not taking place. States do not have the money and companies are not stepping forward. These systems will fail at some point and I am suggesting a way to s better stimulate the economy by employing provate contractors with federal money.

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First, only Medicade (197 Billion in FY 05) is welfare. Social Security and Medicare are types of insurance that people are entitled to and promised by the government. If you believe the vast majority would accept ending or cutting to any extent Social Security or Medicare you are wrong. I do not think most would agree with drastic cuts in Medicade because it helps the poor with healthcare. I would do the following: Eliminate Po

Reply to $675 Billion Deficit if FY 2005 in Politics JoeUser Forums

As I said, the budget expendatures do not show any Trillion in payments for Grants as part of the 675 Billion dollar deficit.. They contain the data I show in my reply ( per the Bush Sec of the Treasury). Look at the OMB Web site. You can not solve the budget deficit by removing something that is not part of the deficit. It is the Bush policy and the financial statements from the Bush administartion that are in question. Who would you like to hold acc

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I do hate Bush. I know that the results of the policies he is following are not resolving the issues that face us. He is not helping bring our nation together but pushing us apart. His domestic policy is not creating jobs to the extent needed for our growing population. The deficit is totally out of control and he has no plan to correct that situation. The war in Iraq has not made us safer but has created a terrorist operation in Iraq where none existe

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Very true. But seldom has this process resulted in the election of a President that had so little background to deal with the foreign and domestic issues that face our country!

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I do not know about Ron Reagan Jr. but George W. would not be President or Governor of Texas without the help of his father and the powerful friends of his family! His achievements, by his own efforts are nothing!