Cuts o' plenty.You know what surprises me most about Bush's new budget proposal? I'll tell you what surprises me most about Bush's new budget proposal. What surprises me most about Bush's new budget proposal is that the front gates of the White House aren't being knocked down by legions of outraged clergy armed with spiked bats and pitchforks and acetylene acetylene (əsĕt`əlēn') or ethyne (ĕth`īn), HC≡CH, a colorless gas. It melts at −80.8°C; and boils at −84.0°C;. torches screaming for the head of any of the leering leer intr.v. leered, leer·ing, leers To look with a sidelong glance, indicative especially of sexual desire or sly and malicious intent. n. A desirous, sly, or knowing look. corporate lackeys possessing even the remotest of roles in submitting this moral crime against humanity In international law a crime against humanity is an act of persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people, and is the highest level of criminal offense. to Congress. And that the ruling class lets Bush get away with this potentially revolutionary inciting crap. That's what surprises me most about Bush's new budget proposal. And I don't use the term "ruling class" lightly. His tax cuts for the rich: Not only do they remain in defiance of the largest deficit ever, but King Leerer intends to fight to make them permanent. However, for any program involving anybody who isn't rich, oh yes, cuts do exist. Severe cuts. Cuts o' plenty. Cuts to the bone, unless those bones happen to be located in the vicinity of the cholesterol-laden limb of a fat cat. Apparently the plan is to balance the budget on the nutritionally deprived uninsured backs of the inadequately medicated medicated /med·i·cat·ed/ (med´i-kat?id) imbued with a medicinal substance. medicated contains a medicinal substance. poor. That's the deal: Budget cuts if you're not rich, tax cuts if you are. Less money for those who don't have any and more to those who do. That's how President Fredo says we're going to get out of the giant deficit hole he's dug. You can't put it any more simply. Rich people richer. Poor people poorer. Here's just a sample of what he plans for our future with a handy reminder of why. Because you can't hear it too much. For those of you with a strong stomach and a low threshold of infuriation in·fu·ri·ate tr.v. in·fu·ri·at·ed, in·fu·ri·at·ing, in·fu·ri·ates To make furious; enrage. adj. Archaic Furious. , feel free to read on. For the rest of you, this might be a good time to check out your horoscope horoscope: see astrology. horoscope Astrological chart showing the positions of the sun, moon, and planets in relation to the signs of the zodiac at a specific time. or some of the cheerier comic strips
* Tighter restrictions on Food Stamp food stamp n. A stamp or coupon, issued by the government to persons with low incomes, that can be redeemed for food at stores. Noun 1. eligibility so rich people can have more money. * Federal Drug Administration inspection teams sacked so rich people can have more money. * Highway and infrastructure improvement budgets slashed so rich people can have more money. * An 11 percent reduction in Homeland Security funds available to state and local coordination efforts so rich people can have more money. * $250 million cut from programs to train doctors and other health care professionals so rich people can have more money. * Small Business Administration cut from $611 million to $593 million so rich people can have more money. * Increase on charges for veterans' health care so rich people can have more money. * Cutting federal foster care programs so rich people can have more money. * Cutting Medicaid and Medicare benefits so rich people can have more money. * Ending community services block grants, a $637 million program founded more than thirty-five years ago as part of the fight against poverty, so rich people can have more money. * Proposed cuts in aid to farmers, seniors, children, students, cops, veterans, the homeless, the hungry, the environment, Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run , and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. so rich people can have more money. * Gutting the low-income home energy assistance program, which is mostly used by the elderly. That's right, friends, he's cutting winter heating subsidies to the elderly so rich people can have more money. What are we now: The Gorgar People? You hit sixty-five, we ship you to the Aleutian Islands and place you on an ice floe with matches and a pointy point·y adj. point·i·er, point·i·est Having an end tapering to a point. stick. If you're a Republican, we take away the stick, because it's considered an entitlement. Did the political comic Will Durst mention most of these cuts are necessary to ensure that rich people can have more money? Because he meant to mention most of these cuts are necessary to ensure that rich people can have more money. And the poor less. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion