So Bush apparently decided he had more “political capital†(as he calls it) than even Ronald Reagan. The current President went out on a spending spree and tried to buy himself a laundry list of expensive items. He quickly got himself into a serious debt and dragged his party along. He started out by increasing spending for the war profiteers (not our soldiers), then cutting social programs (including Medicaid which kept Terry Schiavo alive), continued by attempting to cram whacko conservative activist judges through the Senate, and topped it all off with a radical risky change to the Social Security System. Bush must have thought that his 1% mandate was enough political capital to force a weak opposition to lay down again and get ripped off. Unfortunately the Democrats didn’t lay down like he thought they would. Just like the Iraqi insurgency, he figured that brute force would force capitulation, and not galvanize the opposition. Bring ‘em on! He declared. And just like any group that has endured heavy-handed tactics, the Democrats began to bring it. Continue reading “Anti-Social Security” »
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