> Cam wrote: > I think Bush (and every president before him) has done alot to make > the big government bigger. >
Really in 3 ways: 1.) Bush has ballooned federal government by both mushrooming the size of existing government, but also expanding into traditionally State-run sectors (e.g., education). 2.) Bush has drastically expanded executive power, thus removing traditional oversights and checks provided by the other 2 branches of government. This only increases the probability of executive corruption. 3.) Bush has drastically expanded government foreign policy via democratic imperialism. While some may argue that Iraq is a military expense, that argument would be bogus as Iraq never threatened us and there's no credible ties to 9/11. Therefore the invasion of Iraq was an extension of foreign policy and thus a massive expansion of the State Department that's cost taxpayers 1/3 of a trillion dollars so far. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209876 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
