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To: Road Walker who wrote (266774)	1/2/2006 1:34:55 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575780

Consider the budget that will soon be sent to the president for his signature. Members of the House and Senate have agreed on legislation that achieves something approaching $40 billion in savings over five years primarily by hammering the sick, the poor, the elderly and college students and their families. This is the same Congress that genuflects each time the president asks for yet another gift-wrapped tax cut for the wealthiest among us. The textbooks tell us that the U.S. is a representative democracy, but only the upper strata are truly represented. After seeing the reaction to the FLA kid who went to Baghdad, I have concluded once again that Americans are getting exactly what they want. Do you know that someone suggested on an AOL thread devoted to talking about the Hassan kid that the law be changed so Bush could run for a third term and that that theme was echoed a number of times by other posters? As for the kid, there were comments ranging from teen jihadist to Iraqi homo to spoiled brat to teen spy. Many times it was suggested that the family be deported back to Iraq in spite of the fact they are American citizens. I don't know about you but I do think the kid needs to be punished while at the same time recognizing that there are things about him to be admired.....maybe because I pulled a similar stunt when I was 16 although I didn't leave the country nor did I get caught. Yet, these people are treating him as if he's a criminal and a disgrace to the US. I don't know......but I think this is the real America...maybe the America its always been. At times, Americans may have moments of lucidity but then they fall right back into their normal patterns. A majority think Bush should be allowed to wire tap. Its unbelievable how willing they are to give up their freedoms. And when you stop and realize that people online are supposed to be the best educated of the overall population then the situation looks even worse. We are like the Russians slowly but surely our leaders are taking away our rights but because we are afraid we say little. ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (266774)	1/13/2006 6:56:50 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575780

The Machete Budget Probably not a very good title, at least if the article is supposed to accurately reflect reality. "The pork budget", or "The overstuffed budget" would probably be better. Maybe "bloated budget". Consider the budget that will soon be sent to the president for his signature. Members of the House and Senate have agreed on legislation that achieves something approaching $40 billion in savings over five years primarily by hammering the sick, the poor, the elderly and college students and their families. $40 billion less than the planned increases. Not a $40bil reduction. With a budget at 2 and a half trillion and growing that is hardly a "machete budget", it probably doesn't qualify as "a scalpel budget".