"Public Would Significantly Alter Administration's Budget
Would Reduce Deficit, Cut Defense Sharply, and Increase Spending on Education, Job Training, Renewable Energy, Veterans
A new poll finds that the American public would significantly alter the Bush administration’s recently proposed federal budget. Presented a breakdown of the major areas of the proposed discretionary budget and given the opportunity to redistribute it, respondents made major changes.
The most dramatic changes were deep cuts in defense spending, a significant reallocation toward deficit reduction, and increases in spending on education, job training, reducing reliance on oil, and veterans. These changes were favored by both Republicans and Democrats, though the changes were generally greater for Democrats. "
Makes you wonder about the American people doesn't it? They soundly reject his budget proposal and cut and chop all of his favorite programs (defense, space exploration) and beef up his rejects (education, U.N. spending). After the events of 09/02(2004), I lost about 99% of the hope I had for this country to recognize that GWB does not share their "values". Yes, he talks a good game about faith, Jeebus and how he loves his philosophical diatribes that are logged in the Good Book. But as Jeebus himself said, "...faith without works is dead." So, we know he has the faith part down, which leaves us with that sticky issue of works. Chief among these works, and the right and left will agree with this being the defining matter of his presidency, is the Iraq war. Poorly planned, ill-conceived, and based upon false/changing premises. It was also the first official military action in which the U.S. was the aggressor. Now, if Jeebus was anything, he was a pacifist. Would a man of faith be practicing works that are in tandem with his "faith" if the matter he is most known for is an act of aggression? Would this same man also call himself a "war president"? Well would he?
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