"zhanataya" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:30:46 -0700, "gregpresley"
wrote:

The only Republican economic principles of which I'm aware involve upping
military spending by huge percentages while simultaneously lowering
taxes.
If they can manufacture a supposed threat to the US during their terms,
they
are quick to seize upon it as an excuse to increase military spending by
that much more. When the resultant ballooning deficits hit home, the next
Republican mantra is "cut discretionary spending". Which means, welfare,
medicaid, the National Instititutes of Health and Science, the Center for
Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency, PBS, the National
Endowment for the Arts, and of course the agencies that inspect meat and
agricultural goods. And if it can be done in the dead of night, they also
cut Medicare payments and look for ways to make social security less
solvent.
The last time the General Accounting Office did an audit of
the
military, they discovered that 40% of the military budget could not be
accounted for - no receipts, no nothin'. That's in the neighborhood of
$150
billion dollars a year unaccounted for. Trimming THAT cash cow would go a
long way toward restoring solvency to our Federal Government, but it
ain't
never gonna happen during a Republican administration, with all that that
party "owes" to the military industrial establishment which pays huge
sums
every four years to buy the candidates that protect it.
Yeah, Republican economic principles - that IS a laugh..........

Greg I got it figured out. You write plant descriptions for gardening
catalogs, don't you? ;-)

zhan

Actually, Zhan, I think Greg made some excellent points. The problem with
huge military build up and spending is that somebody decides that it must be
used to keep the cash cow (and popularity) flowing. I couldn't have
described the Republican Party's priorities better myself. ;-)

John