President Bush's Proposed 2009 Budget

  I'm not going to get into the budget in this post. the following are just a few of the comments from citizens about this sloppy budget and the increases in military spending at the expense of the less fortunate. Under Bush guidelines, that would be anyone not as wealthy as his crime family is.

  All comments from Here

Adding insult to injury

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/07/2008 - 14:59.

The Republican fleecing of America. Mr. Bush is shamefully shameless. The only protection Americans really need are protection from Bush and Cheney. Of course Bush want's to give all our money to the defense industry, he and Cheney own it all. Hence the lies for war so they could rob us blind. Every day the Bush regime avoid jail is another day of injustice for all Americans. It is hard to find words that express the frustration and contempt I have for this Federal government. Any man that can take from children and the elderly to pad his pockets is the lowest of low soul's. 

So much for system of checks and balances

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 18:53.

"In addition to proposed war funding, the non-war military budget will increase by nearly 5%...This includes funding for nuclear weapons under the Department of Energy budget."

First off, how is this legal? This money should be going towards research in alternative energy sources to ensure a better, cleaner future, instead of creating WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

  The following is a comment from Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce

“Today I read with disappointment President Bush’s $3 trillion budget.  Yet again, the President has managed to put together a spending plan that continues to produce record deficits over the next two years.  In order to focus our resources on the President’s failed Iraq war strategy, he continues to ignore the domestic priorities back home and his budget is particularly hard on Michigan’s working families.  Among the cuts the budget proposes: $200 billion over five years from Medicare and Medicaid, $900 million from Community Development Block Grant Program, $570 million from theLow Income Home Heating Assistance Program, $59 million from the Migration and Refugee Assistance and draconian cuts to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.  The President proposes freezing spending for the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Institutes of Health.  Also, despite his talk of fiscal discipline, it is clear from the budget released today that the President plans to use yet another budgetary gimmick to fund his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

“Frankly I am tired of seeing such dismal budget announcements.  In his last and final year in the White House, this President has once again shown what he truly cares about.   We cannot continue to neglect Michigan families who need help heating their homes, assistance while searching for a new job and access to quality health care.  The American people deserve better.  I intend to work with my colleagues here in the House and Senate to draft a Democratic budget that shows that our working families are our first priority.”

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