CrackerJax
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Bush was two Presidents. Domestically, I give him a D+/C-. He dropped the ball on controlling Congress' spending. He failed to get Congress to address the Freddie/Fannie debacle which at that time was a few years away from collapse. He didn't get it done, though he repeatedly tried. But trying only gets you a C in this world.I agree with you on that. I am still trying to figure out your core views? Did you like the Bush Administration or are you just skeptical about government in general?
Foreign policy he was dead on. Under intense pressure to quit Iraq, he turned it around, against the odds, and freed 50 million ppl from tyranny. That's an accomplishment. Our military was stellar. bush understood the military (not surprising since he served and served well).
My core values are quite liberal. I just sort of insist that taking other ppl's money to do it with requires special care to not waste and piss it all away, and not FIX the problem.
That's where the Govt. as a whole gets an F today. the stimulus.... wasn't a stimulus at all. WASTE............ it also didn't work.
A second one? oh please... give it up.
Health care... 17% of the GDP under govt. control? No thanks..... they can't run cash for clunkers right.
We have massive debts building in every sector. The bills are going to come due.
FIX the problems before you try and absorm some of the private sector.
In the end, I belong to no party, no ideology patterns.
I just insist on logic in politics (gasp), and fiscal responsibility with taxpayer money.
The very idea that more govt equals increased GDP is laughable.