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Just how much damage has President George Walker Bush done to the United States in just four short years? And what are the reasons why the people of the United States shouldn’t even consider electing him to a second term in office?
Author, journalist, Peabody award-winning documentarian, and syndicated columnist Richard Reeves believes he has at least a partial answer to the questions posed above.
- “He has divided the country; we are all part of a vicious little hissing match. We were united and humbled on September 12, 2001. We are divided and humliated now, telling lies about each other.”
- “He has divided the world. ‘We are all Americans now’ headlined Le Monde on that September 12. Now there are days when it seems as if they are all anti-Americans.”
- “He is leaving no child or grandchild without debt. He has taken the government from surplus into deficit in the name of national security and increased private investment. We can pay the debt in two ways: with more government revenues (taxation) or by borrowing — against the sweat and income of new generations. The President has chosen to borrow.”
- “He campaigns as a champion of smaller government, but is greatly increasing the size and role of government. Ideological conservatism, it turns out, costs just as much or more than ideological liberalism. Conservative and liberal politicians are both for increasing the reach and power of government. The difference between them is which parts and functions of the state are to be empowered and financed. The choice is between military measures and order, or more redistribution of income. Money is power.”
The latter part of Mr. Reeves’ column may be found here.
