Pres. Bush's Budget

Pres. Bush couldn't have made a bigger stir in Congress if he had passed gas on the Senate floor:

"WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget plan Monday that seeks deep spending cuts across a wide swath of government from reducing subsidies paid to the nation's farmers, cutting health care payments for poor people and veterans and trimming spending on the environment and education.

Democrats immediately branded it a 'hoax' because it left out the huge future costs for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and did not include the billions of dollars that will be needed for Bush's No. 1 domestic priority, overhauling Social Security."

I do not have enough economic knowledge to completely assess his plan. Nor do I have 15 spare days to peruse the multi-million page budget. Neverthe less, here are some thoughts:



I appreciate the fact that the President is making an attempt at cutting spending. This is rather remarkable, considering he has been spending taxpayer's money like he was P. Diddy. Any President who takes the politically dangerous step of proposing spending cuts is brave. He is doing what he said he would do, which should not suprise us that much any more.



How in the name of Norman Schwartzkopf can Demos complain that Bush is not doing everything he can be doing in Iraq, and then complain he is spending too much money on Iraq? How in the name of Mike Tyson can the Demos complain about the President's spending cuts while simultaneously complain about the President's spending? How can the Demos be so foolish to defend fiscally irresponsible programs? What is their deal?



Sen. Harry Reid is very intelligent when he says:

"This budget is part of the Republican plan to cut Social Security benefits while handing out lavish tax breaks for multimillionaires," said Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Its cuts in veterans programs, health care and education reflect the wrong priorities and its huge deficits are fiscally irresponsible."

Leave it to the opposition party to distort and denigrate the President's plan. The spirit of Dashle is alive and well. Rather than attempt the argument through reason, the demos seem content to advance the argument through fear. "They will take your children. They will steal your money and build a golden statue of themselves. They are devils. Listen to them not!" The days of intellectual discourse ended when America's politicians sold their souls for a Mercedes.