Attn: Adam D

[bfp]

I am part of the "extreme left-wing" and what goes on in Washington is not left-wing

if your left wing, then why do you hate bushie? he is doing everything the democrats want AND EVEN MORE; and they are still bitching for more subsidies. im confused. in my humble opinion you should be with him on these issues. maybe your up in arms over his foreign policy? furthermore you still seem to "want more" than what he is already giving to farmers, environmentalists, teachers unions AND universities. or maybe your just being fed radical left wing garbage because THEY themselves want to be in power. in my opinion-its not about whats good for the country; its about who is in power. am i wrong?

The 106th Congress is well on its way to becoming the largest-spending Congress on domestic social programs since the late 1970s when Jimmy Carter sat in the Oval Office and Thomas "Tip" O'Neill was Speaker of the House. Total federal nondefense spending is estimated to grow in real terms by $33 billion, or 11 percent, from 1999 to 2001 under the budget resolution approved by Congress in April 2000. And this is undoubtedly a "best-case" scenario: as the election gets closer, Congress and the White House are almost certain to add billions more to a budget crammed with special-interest spending for just about every constituency in Washington—from farmers, to environmentalists, to road builders, to the teachers' unions and universities.

A major reason for all the new spending is the inability or unwillingness of Republicans to eliminate virtually any government program. Many of the more than 200 programs that the Republicans pledged to eliminate in 1995 in their "Contract with America" fiscal blueprint now have fatter budgets than they had before the changing of the guard.

Overall federal expenditures for 95 of the largest "living-dead" programs have risen a total of 13 percent since 1994. Many of President Clinton's favorite programs have received substantial budget increases, often in excess of what the president has proposed.

Congress has violated its own "spending caps" virtually every year as well. Comparison of actual spending from 1996 to 2000 with the original expenditure targets set in 1995 reveals that excess spending over the baseline totals $187 billion. Even after the budget caps were renegotiated upward in 1997, Congress still managed to exceed the revised budget cap for the following years by a total of more than $40 billion. The growth in living-dead programs is part of an overall budget expansion. From fiscal year 1998 to FY 2000, nondefense domestic spending has grown by more than 14 percent, after adjusting for inflation. In Washington, D.C., today there is a consensus in the White House and Congress that the era of big government is here to stay.

[Adam D]

Originally posted by bfp
if your left wing, then why do you hate bushie? he is doing everything the democrats want AND EVEN MORE; and they are still bitching for more subsidies. im confused. in my humble opinion you should be with him on these issues. maybe your up in arms over his foreign policy? furthermore you still seem to "want more" than what he is already giving to farmers, environmentalists, teachers unions AND universities. or maybe your just being fed radical left wing garbage because THEY themselves want to be in power. in my opinion-its not about whats good for the country; its about who is in power. am i wrong?

First of all, I'm not a Dem nor will I ever claim to support such a tepid and half-assed reference to the Left. And again, there isn't a single "radical left-wing" politician in Washington. I don't care what Limbaugh or any other right-wing commentator tells you. They aren't radical. Radical theory is inherently against the power structures in Washington, so I can't imagine how anybody who understands this is going to refer to any Dem. politician as "radical".

Now on to your other claims. Give me specific budgetary issues to deal with. I'm not going to debate blank slate claims like "what he is already giving to farmers" tell me specifically what he is supporting for each of these groups. Otherwise, I'm going to have to give you equally superficial arguments, and that's non-productive discussion. I am absolutely against Bush's foreign policy, if you want to call such imperialist policy anything less than that.

adam d was raped by conservatives at an early age his emotional scars have never healed. His hostility is very understandable. That and he hasnt gotten full functionality of his bowel movements since.

[Adam D]

Originally posted by anglopimpin
adam d was raped by conservatives at an early age his emotional scars have never healed. His hostility is very understandable. That and he hasnt gotten full functionality of his bowel movements since.

I'm glad you find rape such a humorous topic you sick fuck.