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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (19648)5/1/2004 5:07:55 PM
From: OrcastraiterRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 81568
 
Frankly - a clear cut statement of here is what I want to do - and here is how it is going to be paid for - would be a breath of fresh air. Does he have the cajones to do that?

He does. In fact he proposed that the $87 billion Iraq funding be paid for by rolling back the tax cut on the highest 2% of incomes. He voted for that bill while almost every republican voted to keep putting the war costs on the credit card. Now Bush uses that vote in his ads against Kerry saying he was weak on defense. Which is of course a lie.

It makes sense to me that since the bottom 2% of incomes are giving up their sons and daughters for the war in Iraq...that the top 2% can pay for it. Their sons and daughters aren't going to Iraq...they're going to Yale.

Orca



To: Bearcatbob who wrote (19648)5/1/2004 5:19:42 PM
From: American SpiritRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 81568
 
Bush is the one promising things that can't be paid for. Bush's state of the unions promised huge programs which were then never seriously pursued and not paid for. He underestimated the cost of his war and Medicare programs by hundreds of billions.

Kerry is honest. He has stated that if the budget can't afford it he will will have to scale back some of his programs. Finally some honesty and fiscal conservatism.


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