Hey Cyberpup, speaking of W's little chat the other night, I just want to confirm that, along with Ted Kennedy, you are on board with each of the following initiatives GW announced:
"Medicare is the binding commitment of a caring society. Seniors happy with the current Medicare system should be able to keep their coverage just the way it is.
I have sent you Clear Skies legislation that mandates a 70-percent cut in air pollution from power plants over the next 15 years.
Tonight I'm proposing $1.2 billion in research funding so that America can lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered automobiles.
I propose a $450-million initiative to bring mentors to more than a million disadvantaged junior high students and children of prisoners.
Another cause of hopelessness is addiction to drugs. Addiction crowds out friendship, ambition, moral conviction, and reduces all the richness of life to a single destructive desire. As a government, we are fighting illegal drugs by cutting off supplies and reducing demand through anti-drug education programs. Yet for those already addicted, the fight against drugs is a fight for their own lives. Too many Americans in search of treatment cannot get it. So tonight I propose a new $600-million program to help an additional 300,000 Americans receive treatment over the next three years.
I ask the Congress to commit $15 billion over the next five years, including nearly $10 billion in new money, to turn the tide against AIDS in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean." |
