Posted by
Roxanna M. on Friday, January 25, 2008 11:25:42 AM
We have been told ad nauseam that the sub-prime mess, among other things, is leading us into a recession. At the same time that the President and members of Congress are moving swiftly to pass a stimulus package, and the presidential candidates are falling all over themselves explaining how they would solve the problem, Bush is proposing a five-year, $30 billion give-away to people in other countries who have AIDS.
If we can afford to give away this kind of money, then we are not having economic problems and cannot be heading into a recession. If, on the other hand, we are heading into a recession, then we cannot afford to give away this kind of money.
These are mutually-exclusive positions.
What about the healthcare crisis here? What about Social Security? What about Medicare? What about our aging infrastructure? What about our homeless veterans? What about the collapse of the real estate market?
The American taxpayers have first claim on all monies that pour into the United States Treasury. Not one thin dime should flow out of this country as long as there is one American in need.
I am not heartless. I am not without compassion. I am not a racist.
I wouldn't respect a man who let his family go without because he was spending the family's money elsewhere. I wouldn't respect a man who helped other kids with their homework while ignoring his own. I wouldn't respect a man who let his own home fall apart because he was working for Habitat for Humanity.
I wouldn't respect a man who treated his family that way, and I'm certainly not going to respect a President who is treating this nation that way.