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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (631184)	9/23/2004 11:42:48 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Why I am a Republican Who is Supporting John Kerry ___________________ By Dr. Tim Ashby August 19, 2004 republicansforkerry04.org I have been a Republican since my teenage years. I proudly served as a senior political appointee in the Reagan and Bush senior administrations at the US Commerce Department. I believe that George W. Bush has essentially stolen my party from me. My Republican party has a core set of principles and beliefs. We don't hold these beliefs to get elected. We seek election to put these beliefs into action. My Republican Party believes that budget deficits are stealing from our children. Further, we recognize that budget deficits are a distortion of the free market. My Republican Party believes that while the government certainly must help insure the stability and integrity of the institutions of the free market, the free market itself tended to do the best job of allocating resources and generating value. Again, we don't hold these beliefs to get elected - we hold them because they are prudent and cautious. Because we believe we have an obligation to pass on to our children a sound and healthy country. Mid- and upper-level jobs are being outsourced in the millions, while our nation's supposedly conservative leadership has outspent any administration in American history and even now is looking for entitlement programs to plunder to finance continued military operations in the Mid-East and Western Asia. The national debt has spiraled into the trillions while friends of the federal administration are pocketing profits in the billions from the military-industrial complex. Meanwhile, the national economy is no longer measured by its gross national product as it once was when America was a major producer of manufactured goods and foodstuffs; instead, economists produce reports on how well the retail markets are doing at Christmas and Easter to buoy a desperately sagging economy. Unfortunately, this Administration has abandoned all of the principles that once exemplified the party of Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. The Bush administration is slowly bankrupting our country. The Administration has doubled farm subsidies and is running a massive budget deficit. We have a Republican House, a Republican Senate and a Republican President, and yet spending beyond homeland security has skyrocketed. By any measure, this Administration has abandoned the prudence and caution that were the hallmarks of my Republican Party. The President likes to talk about his tax cuts. My Republican Party knows the difference between a tax cut and a tax deferral. The $400 billion of government we didn't pay for this year, we - or our grandchildren - will still have to pay for. My Republican Party knows that the ONLY way to cut taxes is to cut spending. Unfortunately, this Administration is throwing money at any interest group it thinks it has a chance of buying votes from. But government spending doesn't hurt less just because it is a Republican writing the checks. I am a Republican who is supporting John Kerry because I believe it is unpatriotic to stand by and do nothing while our government is bankrupted and our principles trashed. I want to be able to look my grandchildren in the eyes and say I did my best to maintain the legacy of our great country for them.