Bush At It Again

George W. Bush is once again pulling out the spin in trying to persuade the people that he and his administration have pursued fiscally responsible policies by using his veto of the Children's Health Insurance program passed by both houses of Congress.

 

Lets look at the facts.  This President has broken all deficit spending records and did not veto any spending bills while the Republicans controlled Congress.  The Bush administration has added over $4 trillion to the national debt and his deficit spending has passed the $1 trillion mark and he still has 14 months to serve and accumulate more debt.

 

When Mr. Bush leaves office after 8 years he will not have balanced one federal budget nor will he have sent one balance budget to congress---this, despite the trillions of dollars in surplus left over from the Clinton administration.

 

The latest poll shows only 27% of the people believe in his fiscal policies.  When you look at his records of failure: Iraq, Veterans Health Care, Foreign Policy, Spending, and the tragic events of 9-11, you see a President who has been reckless, incompetent and fiscally destructive. 

 

So now he takes it out on the Children's Health program with a veto.  Mr. Bush can't claim any fiscal responsibility with that veto.  If the Republicans in Congress up hold his veto, it will only prove how reckless they have become in trying to manipulate the truth about the fiscal disaster created on the President and their watch.

 

The latest poll shows 64% of the people want congress to override the President's veto.  If enough republicans vote to sustain the veto it will be one more example of their incompetence concerning priorities and those things that really matter and make a difference for the country and its people.  Republicans have refused to do the will of the American people.  

 

Keep in mind, the war in Iraq (over WMD that did not exist) has already cost the country and its people over $500 Billion and many lives.  That is the legacy of George W. Bush.  Its to bad Alan Greenspan did not speak out concerning Mr. Bush's reckless spending habits while he was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank.  I guess he believed in Ronald Reagan's 11 commandment, never speak ill of a fellow Republican.  What is good for the country and the people just doesn't matter to these Republicans.