Bush's Missed Opportunity
Some interesting facts and figures in this article from Opinion Journal:
In retrospect, Mr. Bush missed a historic opportunity after 9/11 to ask government to spend less on non-essential programs so it could spend more on security. Instead, overall federal spending grew by nearly 50% in Mr. Bush's first five years, as he allowed Congress to spend more on just about everything. At least Mr. Bush avoided the trap of asking for a tax increase, which would have slowed the economic growth that we have seen throw off record amounts of revenue in the past two years, and thus fund spending on both guns and butter (or, too often, pork).
To me this is sad, since it could've been a great chance to role back decades of failed government programs, such as the Great Society of the Johnson Administration. This one program alone has completely wrecked many black families, making one of the world's preeminent cultures into a dependant people.
In retrospect, Mr. Bush missed a historic opportunity after 9/11 to ask government to spend less on non-essential programs so it could spend more on security. Instead, overall federal spending grew by nearly 50% in Mr. Bush's first five years, as he allowed Congress to spend more on just about everything. At least Mr. Bush avoided the trap of asking for a tax increase, which would have slowed the economic growth that we have seen throw off record amounts of revenue in the past two years, and thus fund spending on both guns and butter (or, too often, pork).
To me this is sad, since it could've been a great chance to role back decades of failed government programs, such as the Great Society of the Johnson Administration. This one program alone has completely wrecked many black families, making one of the world's preeminent cultures into a dependant people.
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