Sunday, May 08, 2005
Bush BS Alert
From the Daytona Beach News Journal:
"Bush is pushing the idea (BS alert!) of an 'ownership society' to 'reform' Social Security. He ignores these facts. By 1998 one percent of our population owned 38 percent of the national wealth. In an era of GOP dominance, 1979-2001, the income of the top 5 percent increased by 81 percent, while that of the bottom 20 percent went up by just 3 percent. Since 2001 Bush's tax policy has worsened that inequality. The Republicans apparently understand 'ownership society' to mean one in which the very few own everything.
Bush stands by while his acolytes stir up the radical right with claims (BS alert!) that the Democrats in the Senate are blocking the people's will in holding up Bush's judicial appointees. They never mention that 250 out of Bush's 260 nominations sailed through. Nor is it obvious that his judicial choices represent the "people's will."
Bush and friends call themselves (BS alert!) fiscally responsible, but this is the biggest piece of BS of all. They hide the impact the war and tax cuts for the wealthy have on current budgets and they hide from future budget projections the burdens of Social Security privatization and the end of the estate tax. They are more interested in placating their far-right base than addressing the looming fiscal crisis.
Bush and friends say (BS alert!) they want limited government. But as a direct result of their failure to deal with the truth -- with reality -- we now have a government that is out of control. It seems fixated on interfering in people's personal lives while placing in peril the health of our economy by ignoring the social and economic costs of their initiatives."
After all of this BS, it's going to be hard to clean up after this administration....
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Editorials
"Bush is pushing the idea (BS alert!) of an 'ownership society' to 'reform' Social Security. He ignores these facts. By 1998 one percent of our population owned 38 percent of the national wealth. In an era of GOP dominance, 1979-2001, the income of the top 5 percent increased by 81 percent, while that of the bottom 20 percent went up by just 3 percent. Since 2001 Bush's tax policy has worsened that inequality. The Republicans apparently understand 'ownership society' to mean one in which the very few own everything.
Bush stands by while his acolytes stir up the radical right with claims (BS alert!) that the Democrats in the Senate are blocking the people's will in holding up Bush's judicial appointees. They never mention that 250 out of Bush's 260 nominations sailed through. Nor is it obvious that his judicial choices represent the "people's will."
Bush and friends call themselves (BS alert!) fiscally responsible, but this is the biggest piece of BS of all. They hide the impact the war and tax cuts for the wealthy have on current budgets and they hide from future budget projections the burdens of Social Security privatization and the end of the estate tax. They are more interested in placating their far-right base than addressing the looming fiscal crisis.
Bush and friends say (BS alert!) they want limited government. But as a direct result of their failure to deal with the truth -- with reality -- we now have a government that is out of control. It seems fixated on interfering in people's personal lives while placing in peril the health of our economy by ignoring the social and economic costs of their initiatives."
After all of this BS, it's going to be hard to clean up after this administration....
The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Editorials
