President Bush wants congress to fund his new plan for supporting new democracies. In concept, that seems to be a good idea. I have some good ideas too: e.g., clean up the environment, give our troops adequate armor and resources (or, better still, BRING THEM HOME); provide resources to assure that our veterans receive adequate health care, adequately fund our schools; assure a contraception option to women anywhere in the world; make the voting process secure, anonymous, and auditable; invest in the future of social security; provide a viable option for all of our nation's homeless; make sure that the soup kitchens have soup every night; get N Korea out of the nuclear race; .... If anyone needs ideas, I have lots more. Have we met our commitments on AIDS in Africa? Honestly, I just can't afford any new programs. With all due respect, does President Bush just bike around thinking about ways to spend more and bring in less.
President Bush wants congress to fund his new plan for supporting new democracies. In concept, that seems to be a good idea. I have some good ideas too: e.g., clean up the environment, give our troops adequate armor and resources (or, better still, BRING THEM HOME); provide resources to assure that our veterans receive adequate health care, adequately fund our schools; assure a contraception option to women anywhere in the world; make the voting process secure, anonymous, and auditable; invest in the future of social security; provide a viable option for all of our nation's homeless; make sure that the soup kitchens have soup every night; get N Korea out of the nuclear race; .... If anyone needs ideas, I have lots more. Have we met our commitments on AIDS in Africa? Honestly, I just can't afford any new programs. With all due respect, does President Bush just bike around thinking about ways to spend more and bring in less.
The spiraling deficit is insane. I can't afford new initiatives and, frankly, I don't feel so good about the state of our own democracy....
...as evidenced by the fact that I no longer feel that my job would be secure if I signed my critical emails.
I would prefer that we meet our current commitments, try to begin to catch up our bills, and work on the "beams" in our own eyes.