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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (9206)3/21/2004 4:30:59 PM
From: H-Man of 81568
 
For the past year and a half, Democrats have been criticizing Bush over the deficit. It is a supremely fair question to ask, which candidate will be better for the deficit?

I share this concern for the deficit. I would be the first in line to get rid of the $400B geezer give-away. I expressed this view to my representative (Hart) and her campaign manager while helping in the 2002 election.

I also have a memory that lasts more than two days. The senior prescription drug healthcare “crisis” was a manufactured “crisis”. It was developed by Democratic strategists as an issue for the 2000 election. The inventors believed that the Republicans would oppose the initiative and the Democrats would accuse the Republicans of being mean and not caring about seniors.

It was a good strategy since it has worked in the past. Propose a give-away and demonize those who oppose you. Do you remember the school lunch program? Sure, I knew you would. Unfortunately, that is the way the game has been played, ever since passage of the 17th amendment.

What they did not figure on, was that GWB would say OK fine, that’s a good idea, let’s do it, and in the process eliminate a Democrat election year issue.
With such concern for the budget, it is fair to ask would Kerry be better or worse?

The answer is far worse.

The National Taxpayers Union tallies spending from congressmen and gives an overall rating. In ratings that go back to the 102nd Congress, Kerry has earned 11 “F”’s and 1 “D”.

Now he is proposing 2.7 Trillion in new spending and even the most favorable analysis leaves a 1.3 Trillion gap.

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