A snippet from the article: The White House on Saturday threatened to veto a massive spending bill being assembled by congressional Democrats, saying it's unacceptable to add billions of dollars to domestic programs.
The White House has not seen details of the $500 billion-plus measure — which senior Democrats are constructing behind closed doors — but reacted to it based on media accounts.
The bill contains $11 billion above President Bush's February budget, awarding the money to domestic programs such as EDUCATION and health research. It also may contain several billion dollars in "emergency" funding for border security, foreign aid, drought relief and a food program for women and children.
So this is the kinda crap that bothers me, and this is the reason why I say education needs to be made a top priority for this country. Bush requested $196 BILLION to add to the war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; yet, he calls trying to request $11 billion for additional programs in the States fiscally irresponsible. The war is costing us something like $12 billion A MONTH, which is $1 billion more than what was requested for the whole year for several domestic programs.
Seriously.... is anyone else bothered by this in the least? I'm in favor of taking care of those who are at war overseas, but we shouldn't neglect the domestic needs of our nation either. Education, health care, food programs -- these sound like things that can benefit the entire population in some way or another. I'm really tired of all this petty fighting and bickering and people using power to secure their best interests for when they're not in power anymore while forgetting about most of their constituents. We need to find, support, and elect more humanistic leaders. This selfish capitalism has gone way too far; it can' really be described as capitalism anymore either; it's just greedy materialism. :o\ And as much as I think we can benefit from having a member of "minority" status as President, please, please please, please, PLEASE don't vote for someone just because they are a minority. Research the candidates and read about what they stand for -- you might be surprised at what you find.
I guess I just hate the thought of knowing that there are so many people out there suffering needlessly (not just here but in other countries as well). The whole thing is just seriously out of balance.
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Well written article.
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