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Well, maybe I should move to IRAQ!!????

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Brutuskend

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Looks like Bush is more worried about helping IRAQ than those here at home?

He wants Iraq to get health care. That's GREAT! But what about the people HERE that need it!!!???
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I swear this country (read politicians) never ceases to amaze me!


WASHINGTON, D.C.?In a speech delivered last night on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) criticized the fiscal 2004 budgets proposed by President Bush and House Budget Committee Republicans, and drew contrasts between those budgets and plans to rebuild Iraq.

"This country's fiscal house is a mess, and it?s affecting American families," Emanuel said. "Since the President?s tax cut bill was enacted fourteen months ago, two and one-half million Americans are without work; four million more Americans are without health care since that tax cut; $1 trillion worth of corporate assets have foreclosed since that tax cut; and 2 million more Americans have moved from the middle class into poverty.

?I am for a clear plan on how to rebuild Iraq,? he continued. ?I just hope the Administration has the same level of energy, commitment and dedication to America?s future.?

Estimates of war costs and rebuilding from the Pentagon and elsewhere reach $100 billion. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is expected this week to choose the contractors for the rebuilding efforts in Iraq.

Emanuel continued, "The Administration's postwar request would build more housing, rebuild more schools and go further in providing health care for pregnant women in Iraq than for comparable purposes in our country. I don?t begrudge providing help in the aftermath of war. But struggling families here at home are wondering why they don?t rate the same level of concern and investment that this Administration is planning to provide to Iraq."

Emanuel cited the following distinctions between the effects of the budget proposals on the U.S., and the USAID?s plans for Iraq:

Housing
U.S.?Secretary Martinez testified before the House Financial Services Committee that the HUD budget provides only 5,000 new housing units this year
Iraq?The reconstruction plan in Iraq calls for rehabilitating four times that many?20,000 houses.

Health Care
U.S.?Medicaid provides insurance coverage for over one-third of live births nationally. The budget cuts $95 billion from Medicaid.
Iraq?In Iraq, maternity care will be guaranteed for 100% of the population.

U.S.?The budget doesn?t provide a single dollar to help the 42 million uninsured Americans.
Iraq?In Iraq 13 million people, almost half the population would have access to basic health services, including at least one fully functional hospital in every major city.

Education
U.S.?This budget cuts education spending by 8%, and cuts Head Start funding for 28,000 children.
Iraq?USAID has guaranteed books and supplies and 100% enrollment for 4 million schoolchildren in Iraq.

U.S.?Teacher quality programs in America are cut by $9.3 billion - more than 10%.
Iraq?Some 25,000 schools in Iraq will be rebuilt and renovated at ?standard level of quality.?

Higher Education
U.S.?This budget cuts education by 3% for higher education.
Iraq?USAID proposes to supply books and other materials to 12,500 schools.

Army Corps of Engineers
U.S.?In the President?s budget, the Army Corps of Engineers funding is cut 10%, which means the Corps cannot move ahead on many current port construction projects.
Iraq?The USAID plan calls for completely reconstructing the Umm Qasr Port so that it is fully open to cargo traffic.

Transportation
U.S.?Highway funding in America is cut by $6 billion over the next 10 years.
Iraq?In Iraq, nearly 3,000 miles of major roads are slated to be repaired and opened.

?This budget leaves too many Americans behind,? Emanuel said. ?I hope the Administration comes to realize that we need to invest in our own nation?s future the same way they?re prepared to invest in Iraq?s.?
 
Umm, you took that from a very liberal-biased website. What do you expect that they would say about a republican administration?
 
Democrats and republicans arguing back and forth is worse than watching the two sides of pro wrestling argue. They get up on their soapbox and put on a show for those watching.

How about they stop arguing and get something done?
 
Iraq?In Iraq 13 million people, almost half the population would have access to basic health services, including at least one fully functional hospital in every major city.
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when has anyone been denied access to basic health services in the US?
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
And that makes it less true how?
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IF the facts the way they stated them were true, they'd have a point. But both sides have a loooong history of distorting facts to forward their own personal agenda. I can't believe what either side says about each other.

In the argument of democrats vs. republicans, the only real loser is the American people.
 
They have almost nothing as it is right now, so of course it will take money to help rebuild them. Maybe you should move there so we dont have to listen to your bitching or lame jokes anymore. Take Streisand, Baldwin, Clooney, Penn, and the Sheens with you.
 
Are Iraqi expectations gonna be as high as American expectations for services? I don't think so. For example, the US army is rehabilitating 4 times as many houses as HUD is, but I don't think they will be of equal quality. Besides, we're starting mostly from scratch in Iraq. Starting over is usually a lot easier.

Oh yeah and about the Army Corps of Engineers...it's not such a bad thing that it had a big budget cut. It should have happened a long time ago. --article--
 
Originally posted by: Marshallj
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
And that makes it less true how?
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IF the facts the way they stated them were true, they'd have a point. But both sides have a loooong history of distorting facts to forward their own personal agenda. I can't believe what either side says about each other.

In the argument of democrats vs. republicans, the only real loser is the American people.
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well, what part of Congressman Emanuel's press release is biased or isn't true? The 42 million uninsured number is something I've heard repeatedly in both my law and public health classes, so I think that's at least accurate.
 
Originally posted by: xuanman
well, what part of Congressman Emanuel's press release is biased or isn't true? The 42 million uninsured number is something I've heard repeatedly in both my law and public health classes, so I think that's at least accurate.
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I'm just saying that you need to take whatever a member of a political party says about their opponents with a major grain of salt. I don't trust either party, both are corrupt. One set of corporations is steers the democrats, another set is with the republicans. With such an influence by soft money and campaign contributions, the citizens needs aren't held as high of a priority as those companies who contributed major amounts of money to a campaign.
 
You know, my mum was just talking about starting business there. Lord, it helps a lot more if Bush makes it a health care business, since that's the kind of business we are already operating here and what my mum had in mind. Goooooooooooo Bush! I always knew that you were a savvy business man. Thanks for making my family richer. 😀
 
Don't get me wrong.

I think it's GREAT that we are rebuilding Iraq, and well we should.

But to take our tax dollars and use them in such a way that others are treated better than the people here that PAY those taxes! COME ON! That's just wrong.

And as far as parties go, I agree, niether can be trusted.
 
Originally posted by: Marshallj
Originally posted by: xuanman
well, what part of Congressman Emanuel's press release is biased or isn't true? The 42 million uninsured number is something I've heard repeatedly in both my law and public health classes, so I think that's at least accurate.
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I'm just saying that you need to take whatever a member of a political party says about their opponents with a major grain of salt. I don't trust either party, both are corrupt. One set of corporations is steers the democrats, another set is with the republicans. With such an influence by soft money and campaign contributions, the citizens needs aren't held as high of a priority as those companies who contributed major amounts of money to a campaign.
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you're right, both major political parties are corrupt. But there is no such thing as a non-corrupt political party in this world. it's predictable human game theory behavior. but it doesn't mean that good legislation can't come about.
 
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