Thursday, February 02, 2006
Priorities out of order
A day after he got the GOP congress to cut Medicaid, student loans, child support enforcement, welfare and other programs for the needy by $39 billion over the coming years, Bush tells Congress that he needs another $70 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq for just next year. If we're going to finance a war of choice (Iraq) on the backs of the needy here at home, maybe we should spend the rest of the year demanding that the $70 billion be paid for by eliminating corporate welfare and tax subsidies and breaks. Update: He's actually going to ask for $120 billion. Even worse. Almost twice as bad.
