Bush: Blowing people up is more fun than teaching or healing 'em.
posted by
Wally
8:22 AM
For the first 6 years of his presiduncy, Dubya didn't veto a single bill handed to him by the Republican controlled Congress, no matter how "porky" it was. Now that the Dems are in control, Dubya finally figured out how to use his veto pen - trying to play the "fiscal responsibility" card.
Nice try dubya, but when you're signing off on a 9% increase for the Pentagon and asking for another 200 billion for the wars you lied us into, it's hard to take you seriously when in the next breath you complain about too much pork in a bill to take care of the things you've been neglecting here at home for the past 6 years.Bush uses sixth veto to reject health-labor bill
President George W. Bush on Tuesday vetoed a measure to fund education, job training and health programs, marking the sixth veto of his presidency and the latest salvo in a fight with congressional Democrats over domestic spending.
Bush signed a separate bill to give the Pentagon about $460 billion for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, even though he was disappointed the military bill had less money than he had sought. Even so, the Pentagon would get about $40 billion more than last year, a 9 percent increase.
The White House said the bill to fund labor and human services was bloated and filled with special projects. The $600 billion measure was about $10 billion more than what Bush requested. Meantime another major highway bridge in Ohio (and others elsewhere I'm sure) has been found to be in danger of imminent and catastrophic collapse, like the one in Minneapolis. Public schools are struggling to buy supplies and pay teachers. College tuition has gone through the roof. 50 million Americans can't afford to get sick, because they can't afford insurance. Jobs are being sent to China and India - making it even tougher for people to be able to afford college so they can try to get better jobs here....
Every day we see exactly where Dubya's priorities lie, and they are not with the American people.
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