"I am disappointed in the way the Congress compiled this legislation, including abandoning the goal I set early this year to reduce the number and cost of earmarks by half," the president said in a statement. "Instead, the Congress dropped into the bill nearly 9,800 earmarks that total more than $10 billion. These projects are not funded through a merit-based process and provide a vehicle for wasteful government spending." - GWBush from yahoo.com
It's the war hawks blowing more cash on unwinnable wars, and the spendthrift Dems cashing in on a bill that must be signed to keep the war profiteer trough full. And We The People stuck paying for both. What do we get? We supposedly have 535 Congresspeople representing us. Can we finally agree they only represent big business and their crony friends and leave a vast majority of us out in the cold?
2007-12-26 09:13:56 · 8 answers · asked by doug4jets 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes.
2007-12-26 09:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
And, this surprises you?
Key Democrats keep getting endlessly elected, viz., Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc.
New Democrats replace old Repubs who at least used to TRY to spend less, and the new Dems spend even more than the old ones.
If you want to change things, you have to kick the whole s#1+ of them out, and start over, with EVERYONE new.
Then tell the new ones, the first thing you do is get rid of the retirement plans you have for yourselves. The fix Social Security. Then end special interest lobbies. Then start tort reform. Otherwise, you will not go back the next time you run.
Then, DO IT.
But US citizens don't have the balls that our founders did.
2007-12-26 17:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I came to that realisation awhile back. Our government no longer represents us. This can only go on for so long and then we have a duty to act as the Declaration of Independence instructs.
2007-12-26 17:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're exactly right. That's why I say as US citizens, we should all stand up and fight for what is ours -- the land of the opportunity, the US of America where all people are created equal. This country does not belong to greed driven, self-centered, corrupted rich few, corrupted, screwed up politicians who had taken our rights away for the last 50 years. These people should be executed by the citizens of the US who believe in freedom of speech, press, (right to own guns, property, and vote for guys who cares about our welfare and rights), and freedom just for the sake of being free. I'm tired of the corrupted Liberals & Conservatives who know how to manipulate the law and us the people to get or to satisfied there own selfish ego. Aren't you tired. Thanks for posting this. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
2007-12-26 17:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by FILO 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
What Un-winnable War?
1. Right now, the US is Defeating Insurgents, Democrats, and Terrorists.
2. Big Business??? We Employees and Stock Holders OWN Big Business.
We get good wages and fringe benefits.
3. I notice you didn't mention Big Labor, who takes our union dues and divides them up with:
Corrupt Union Bosses
Organized Crime
The Democrat Party
2007-12-26 17:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by everbrook 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Democrats are dangerous and must be stopped by the Grand Old Party (long live the republicans).
2007-12-26 17:27:23 · answer #6 · answered by infobrokernate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, we are on our own.
wouldn't it be sweet if something like 50 independants won seats in the congress next year?
2007-12-26 17:23:12 · answer #7 · answered by nostradamus02012 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dems protected their Rich Wall Street Friends by NOT making them pay for AMT tax relief.
2007-12-26 17:16:55 · answer #8 · answered by Duminos 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋