Sure, the Bush administration has reduced our taxes, but it has also depleted social services while allowing the states to go broke. And in the meantime, Bush and his cohorts are failing to adequately perform a basic task: protecting citizens.
Today the Washington Post reports that a bipartisan panel of government and private sector experts is releasing a report on the nation’s readiness to respond to another major terrorist attack on American soil. In short, we are not prepared:
Government agencies across the nation are dramatically underfunding efforts to prepare police, fire and ambulance personnel for terrorist attacks, and should spend $98 billion on that task beyond current plans for the next five years, according to a study by the Council on Foreign Relations."Although the American public is now better prepared in some respects to address aspects of the terrorist threat than it was two years ago, the United States remains dangerously ill-prepared to handle a catastrophic attack on American soil."
The study substantiates the complaints of many cash-starved states and cities that they need more federal help to pay first responders, and that even the money that has been dedicated to them is slow to arrive.
It’s not enough to create an ominous-sounding Department of Homeland Security. You’ve got to back it up with real dollars and meaningful measures, not mere words. And a president needs to make difficult spending choices that are in the best interests of the people, not his re-election.
you know, my mother and i were comparing our big tax break and she's getting almost exactly $1.00 more a week where i'm getting about $1.45 more a week.
dinner is on me George.
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