Recently, the Democratic Rural Working Group, co-chaired by Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth, put out an
eight-page report detailing how Democrats are keeping the promises we've made to the country's heartland.
Nebraska's own Center for Rural Affairs is quoted in the report, saying "the President's budget would doom many rural Americans and many rural communities at permanetn status as members of America's underclass."
The report lays out that Bush's Budget:
*Fails to stand for common sense spending
*Fails to live up to the promises of the Farm Bill
*Fails to strengthen education, health care and housing for our families and communities
...and lastly, Bush's budget attempts to hide the Social Security privatiization plan
When growing up, I was lucky to live in a rural community in southwest Sarpy County. Our main street is still paved with the same bricks from the early 1900's.
I've always told people that Gretna, Nebraska is the equivalent of a Norman Rockwell painting...but as I read more into Bush's 2006 budget, it became very clear that rural Nebraska's problems wasn't a painting and the Republican Party wasn't Norman Rockwell.