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At their national
convention, the Republicans heard George W. Bush accept their nomination
for President. Mr. Bush spoke for an hour, instilling Republican
confidence in a record that does not exist. Republicans were at a fever
pitch, interrupting Bush over 100 times during his hour-long speech.
During the acceptance speech, Republicans conveniently ignored Bush’s
plans for increasing government spending in the face of a growing budget
deficit. Mr. Bush made it a major priority to help workers take advantage of an expanding economy to find better, higher-paying jobs. He promised, "in this time of change, many workers want to go back to school to learn different or higher-level skills. So we will double the number of people served by our principal job-training program and increase funding to community colleges.” In making this promise, Bush did not say how much the job-training program will cost, how much he will increase funding for community colleges, or how he will double the number of jobs for people served by our principal job-training programs. Mr. Bush does, however, propose increased government spending to accomplish his goal. The Republicans
embraced the increased spending. The Republicans cheered the President
and his plan, a plan calling for more money, while this President
proposes to continue with his tax cut program. Bush also addressed
the issue of health care. Mr. Bush spoke about small firm’s inability
to purchase affordable health care. Mr. Bush stated "we must allow
small firms to join together to purchase insurance at discounts
available to big companies.” Mr. Bush further explained, "we will
offer a tax credit to encourage small businesses and their employees to
set up health savings accounts, and provide direct help for low income
Americans to purchase them.” Mr. Bush does not tell
us how he will provide direct help for low income Americans to purchase
a health savings account. He does not explain how the government will
fund these federally subsidized health savings accounts. He proposes
increased federal spending for this program, while the Republicans cheer
him on. What would the
Republicans do if a Democrat made the same promise? Mr. Bush wants to help
Americans own homes. He promises he will set a new goal of "7
million more affordable homes in the next 10 years so more American
families will be able to open the door and say welcome to my home."
Interestingly, while
criticizing Democrats for spending, Mr. Bush suggests the federal
government fund his home ownership program. Mr. Bush proposes new
government spending, without explaining how the government will fund the
program--and the Republicans cheered him on. Mr. Bush's supports
public education. Mr. Bush seeks to provide "a path to greater
opportunity, more freedom, and more control over your own life. The path
begins with our youngest Americans... We must help our children reach as
far as their vision and character can take them. Tonight, I remind every
parent and every teacher, I say to every child: no matter what your
circumstance, no matter where you live, your school will be the path to
the promise of America.” Republicans now
realize education is the foundation to building more jobs and a stronger
economy. Trained workers are important in a job market. Mr. Bush adopts
a concept Democrats pushed for years—a good public education leads to
good jobs, a good public education system leads to a stronger economy. Mr. Bush proposes
increased federal spending for better education. He does not explain how
his tax cuts for the wealthy will help fund these programs, and the
Republicans cheered him on. Mr. Bush after
proposing these new government programs, funded by your tax dollars,
criticizes Senator John Kerry for being a tax and spend democrat. Mr.
Bush states, "to be fair, there are some things my opponent is for,
he's proposed more than $2 trillion in new federal spending so far, and
that's a lot, even for Senator from Massachusetts. To pay for that
spending, he is running on a platform of increasing taxes and that's the
kind of promise a politician usually keeps." A close examination of
the Bush acceptance speech shows Mr. Bush wants to increase federal
spending. Mr. Bush, at the same time, wants to cut the income stream
into the government. Additionally, Mr. Bush must fund the war in Iraq
while he proposes new government spending. Under his leadership, we are
assured future generations will pay for his big government, big
government funded by increased federal spending without regard to the
largest deficit in modern history. Mr. Bush sounds like
“an anti tax but let’s spend the money anyway” politician. His is
proposing bigger government making sure that his deficit spending
policies will continue well into the future. It is a funny thing to
see a Republican praised for spending us into the hole... while the
Republicans cheer him on. |
