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Reply to Bush Budget Shows Where His Heart IS in Politics JoeUser Forums

I wonder how some of our Bush supporters will answer this Blog. One thing is true, they will not be arguing with me but with God!

Bush Budget Shows Where His Heart IS in Politics JoeUser Forums

The unveiling of the Bush budget is the clearest indication of where Bush and his compassionate conservatives place their values. The budget shows either reduced funding or cuts in numerous areas which will have a negative impact on America. A sample of his cuts or reduced funding include: Cuts in home heating assistance for the poor – Let them freez

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Tell me how many Americans were being killed in Iraq or injured in Iraq before Bush attached them? By the death toll and injuries we are worse off now than before the war. drmiler talks about being shot at when we flew over Iraq under saddam. How many people did we lose during the fly overs? How creating another country where terrorists operate every day has improved our security? How will another country with a government like Iran improve our securi

Reply to Energy Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

My point, we need to do more than pay mature oil companies to look for more Oil . That is erspecially true if the new oil is not in our country and than must be purchased which impacts the balance of trade. By using tax dollars to help develop new technology, we not only help meet our energy needs but have that new technonlgy to sell to others and improve our balance of trade and job growth. The use of our coal also reduces foreign oil purch

Reply to Energy Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

As I said, "establish new targets for increased miles per galon"... That does not mean a 50% increase it means establish NEW standards. I also said the NEW standards need to be enforced with tax credits or surcharges. That is what Bush will not do!

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

No Truth!

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Daiwa The eight million were not voting for the United States. The guy we are backing is getting 18% of the vote and the most likely governmnet will be like the one Bush is blasting every day- Iran. Mythicalmino My answer would be the same. The Iraq war was not correctable by anyone including Kerry. It was a error in two ways. From the concept ( making us safer) and the way it was conducted. I wanted Kerry to win so our gove

Balance the Federal Budget in Politics JoeUser Forums

We must STOP the CHARGE and SPEND policies in Washington NOW! Here is how to do it. Establish the objective to bring our general fund expenses and revenues into balance by 2008. Begin generating a budget surplus of $200 billion annually starting with fiscal year 2009. This annual surplus would be directly applied each year to reduce

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

If anyone thinks the Iraq people look at us as anything by occupiers, they are kidding themselves. I have given you specific examples and the opinion of the experts (CIA) and the reporters that are living these events. The election shows the people who voted want a government similar to the one in Iran. How that shows they side with our policy or want us in their country is NUTS! The type of attacks that are killing our troops could not happen withou

Reply to Energy Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler I did not say we had to increase the mileage by 50%. A one mile improvement in mileage would produce more oil than all the New oil Bush wants to get in Alaska. There are steps that could be taken to improve mileage especially in SUV's and that will help reduce our consumption. Look at the other parts of my suggestions. All you ever do is support the Bush policy that is doing NOTHING to solve the problem. If you look at his proposed Ene

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Nothing I have read indicates the people of Iraq think of us as anything but occupying their country and want us out ASAP. There have been many reports by the our people (Military and Civilian) that indicate we get very little help. The terrorists attack our troops and fade back into the population. They operate under our nose day after day. They attack the most secure areas under the control of our military. That could not happen without the general p

Reply to Energy Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

I do not doubt that the improvement in overall mileage would take time and money. That is why I believe government help is needed. However, the very poor mileage of the SUV's have had a great impact on the oil we are consuming. Some manufacturers are producing vehicles that get much higher mileage than the SUV's. If the cost is a factor, than a surcharge on the purchase price of vehicles that get low mileage could help pay the cost of developing highe

Energy Policy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Restore the Café standards and make them apply to all cars, trucks and SUVs. Establish new targets for increased miles per gallon for each type of vehicle over the next 10 years. Establish tax credits for car manufacturers who achieve the established standards. Establish tax surcharges to car manufacturers who fail to meet the new milea

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

The way many moslems feel about American policy has nothing to do with Democracy. It has to do with the fact they want us out of their part of the world and look on us as evil. The depth of their opposition to our being in Iraq and other moslem countriers is not understood by many Americans. This is not going away and our actions are like putting gasoline on a fire. The terrorists have a new playground called Iraq thanks to Bush.

Reply to JOBS in Politics JoeUser Forums

Daiwa The issue is the interest on the debt. The historic rate we have paid is 5.1% We are moving toward $8 Trillion and by ther end of the Bush second term we will over $9 Trillion. The interest on that amount will be more than the Bush budget projection for defense. More than on all other nondefense non entitlement spending. In 1980, the interest was $60 Billion on the debt. By 2009, we could see interest of $460-480 Billion EVERY YEAR.

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drmiler I support the tax cuts you are talking about. The tax cuts that do not make sense are the reduction in the top two income brackets (impacts less than 5% of Americans), elimination of the estate tax (impacts less than 1% of Americans) and will cost almost $50 Billion per year. Almost half of the Bush tax cuts go to a few % of the people who do will spend it and do not need it while he borrows the money hand over fist. If we did not have

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Daiwa The people that are killing our troops in Iraq every day. The millions of moslems that believe we are the invaders and should be killed. Read "Imperial Hubris" by Anonymous (Michael Scheuer former CIA agent) to learn what our policy in Iraq is doing to our security. The assessment of the CIA is that the threat is growing day by day. We help those who would kill our people every time the TV shows us killing moslems. We either must ki

Reply to JOBS in Politics JoeUser Forums

Daiwa The policy that cut taxes to the wealthy and was responsible for 270 Billion of the 420 Billion Defeict in 04 per the Congressional budget office. The policy that rewards companies for moving jobs to other countries that take money from the people that would spend it which reduces demand. The data about economic growth is fine but the growth is not creating jobs to keep pace with population growth. The economy is not growing fast en

Reply to JOBS in Politics JoeUser Forums

It is not a matter of blame. Its evaluating how well his policies deal with the issues that face us. The national debt, the trade deficit, the lack of jobs for the 5 million new workers, the lack of an energy policy, the non-sloutions for the funding problems in Medicare (which are much larger than Social Security) and Social Security all show he does not have solutions that resolve ANY of these issues. Bush supporters say he a strong leader. A stron

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

No drmiler. Iraq did not attack America. They did not pose any danger to us and no matter how ofter you say the same thing it does not make it true. We have made more enemies by invading Iraq then ever before. That does not make us safer. If the new government in Iraq is anything like the government in Iran, we have another long term enemy.

Reply to Privatization of Social Security in Politics JoeUser Forums

Re: Social Security reform I am the author of, For More For George W. which examines the policies of President Bush including Social Security. I fully agree that we need to strengthen Social Security funding however it is not the crisis George Bush says that it is. The issue with Social Security is we have a bubble called the Baby Boomers which will put a strain on payments beginning sometime around 2042. In time this bub

JOBS in Politics JoeUser Forums

This week the Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the net bottom line on job creation during the first Bush term in office. According to the Bureau, 119,000 net new jobs were created during the four years of the Bush first term. During that same four year period, over 5 million Americans entered the work force seeking jobs. The retort is that the presi

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Parated2K The issue is not if Saddam did not follow the U.N. or other agreements. China ignores trade , currency and property agreements and we make believe that is just fine as our jobs and economic security go down the tube. That may prove to be a much greater danger to American than Saddam. The issue is HOW DID SADDAM THREATEN US? The answer is the threat from him being in control of Iraq on a list of dangers to our freedem is near the

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

All the speculation will be cleared up when we see what takes place in Iraq. To all that believe we were justified to go to war to remove Saddam, than why and when do we go to war with the 20 other evil dictators in the World? When do we remove the leaders of North Korea, Seria, Iran, and most of the leaders in the Middle East? What gave us the right to invade other nations that did not attack us? Bush told us we acted because Saddam did no

Reply to Bush may lose by Iraq Vote! in Politics JoeUser Forums

When it was George's time to serve and there was a draft, he went intio the National Guard, which at that time was the best way to avoid combat and look as if you served. It seems too easy to have others sacrafice and avoid it for yourself and your family. I have much greater respect for Bush 41 who served his country, unlike his son who has put our brave military in harms way for no good reason. If Iraq turns aginst the United States, what does