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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (5567)	3/7/2004 9:03:43 PM
From: zonkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush is bent on raiding social security to cover his mounting debt When Junior was on Meet the press he had this to say about social security and other cuts he plans: "Russert: How — why, as a fiscal conservative as you like to call yourself, would you allow a $500 billion deficit and this kind of deficit disaster? President Bush: Sure. The budget I just proposed to the Congress cuts the deficit in half in five years. Now, I don't know what the assumptions are in the GAO report, but I do know that if Congress is wise with the people's money, we can cut the deficit in half. And at that point in time, as a percentage of GDP, the deficit will be relatively low. I agree with the assessment that we’ve got some long-term financial issues we must look at, and that's one reason I asked Congress to deal with Medicare. I strongly felt that if we didn't have an element of competition, that if we weren't modern with the Medicare program, if we didn't incorporate what's called "health savings accounts" to encourage Americans to take more control over their healthcare decisions, we would have even a worse financial picture in the long run. I believe Medicare is going to not only make the system work better for seniors but is going to help the fiscal situation of our long-term projection. We got to deal with Social Security as well. As you know, these entitlement programs need to be dealt with. We’re dealing with some entitlement programs right now in the Congress. The highway bill. It's going to be an interesting test of fiscal discipline on both sides of the aisle. The Senate's is about 370, as I understand, $370 billion; the House is at less than that but over $300 billion. And as you know, the budget I propose is about $256 billion." _________________________ I am a little suprised I haven't seen people demanding for him to clarify his position when he said 'we got to deal with social security'. It is very plain what he meant about dealing with the highway bill, he's going to try to pressure congress to spend less on it to save money for his wars. If he fails in his bid to cut spending for highways and social security he will try to unload the blame for the deficit onto congress. "anybody but bush" ... "all people who aren't rich are lazy"