Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Baloney. "More government" is rarely the solution to a problem. The last thing we need is more bureaucracy mucking up our intelligence and law enforcement organizations. Homeland Security is a show to pacify the sheeple and concentrate more power in the White House.Originally posted by: Dari
While cutting taxes is a Republican tradition (of which I'm damn proud of), the current administration had no choice but to create bigger gov't in the form of homeland security.
Perhaps if Bill Clinton had done his job and gone after Al Qaeda and outlaw regimes like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein's Iraq when the economy was superhot, then we would have 3,000 extra Americans living happily (and paying taxes). But he didn't, and the Bush administration has to clean up the mess left by Clinton. Yes, the deficit will go up. Yes, future generations will have to pay for the current war and the larger government. But what were his options. To appease terrorists so that they can attack another day? As for the tax cut, while I'm for it, I believe it's excessive and needs to be lowered. But Bush is doing what's right for the country, his party, his supporters, and himself.
And perhaps if Bush-lite had paid attention to the intelligence information they already had ... Perhaps if Bush Sr. had done his job with Hussein ... Perhaps if Reagan & Rumsfeld hadn't climbed in bed with Hussein ... Perhaps if George hadn't climbed into bed with Barbara ... (OK, that was inappropriate.)
Spin it however you want, it's awfully funny that those "fiscally conservative" Republican administrations of the last 20+ years have racked up record deficits while those "tax and spend" Democrats push to balance the budget. How about focusing on what Bush has done and is doing rather than trying to blame Clinton for all the world's woes?
Instead of coming to the table with heavy baggages of prejudices, why don't you look at events from a more pragmatic approach. Apathy lead to 9/11. Bin Laden had the time of his life during the Clinton Administration. He blew up everything he could and Bill did nothing (except get head from some fat intern). Clinton looked the other way. By looking the other way, he made us look weak. As for homeland, it was consolidation (Republican style).
