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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (495488)	11/19/2003 12:46:05 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"...most of the rest of the bill that is objectionable to anybody who believes in reasonably free markets, which should include most Republicans. But the Bush administration has perversely decided to embrace this ill-considered collection of pork and corporate welfare. As Citizens Against Government Waste has pointed out, most of the $32 billion in this bill consists of unnecessary subsidies, two-thirds to the oil and gas industry, and $2 billion to the ethanol industry. There's $1 billion to subsidize a nuclear reactor and $1.2 billion for the fanciful hydrogen car project. Filibuster away. This turkey deserves to die." >>> Yes, Sir! This is a giant pork festival, the likes of which Washington hasn't seen in years. >>> It will do NEXT TO NOTHING to improve the US's energy situation. (And, don't forget the FREE DISASTER INSURANCE it renews for the US nuclear power industry. The taxpayers have been guaranteeing to pay disaster losses for OVER 50 YEARS NOW... Just WHEN will the industry be allowed to compete in a Free Market on a head-to-head basis with all the other energy industries?) This whole mess wouldn't cost so much if we didn't have 'dualing subsidies' - which tend to cancel the economic effects out: subsidize nuclear, subsidize solar, subsidize oil, subsidize coal, subsidize fuel cell, subsidize wind, subsidize alcohol....