Generational High Crimes and Misdemeanors
The conservative blogosphere, led by up and coming right wing-nut Michelle Malkin have been frantically pushing to label the stimulus bill the “Generational Theft Bill,” and impressionable republicans on the hill are echoing this ill-conceived branding quip. Generational Theft? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
Apparently in the eyes of these pundits and politicians all debt is not created equal…
When Bush nearly doubled the national debt from 5.7 trillion to almost 11 trillion dollars to fund the Iraq war and give tax cuts to the wealthy, that wasn’t “Generational Theft.” Even though we’ll be paying for his policies for years to come, he was investing in our future, and making the world a better, safer place.
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When the Obama Administration proposes increasing the debt 7% to avert a potentially irreversible financial disaster, create jobs, build a more efficient infrastructure, and protect the environment, he’s robbing our children of their future?
Give me a break, that is akin to parents taking out a home equity loan on their home to fix a crumbling foundation, rusted plumbing and leaky roof so they still have a house to leave their kids, and calling that a crime.
Aside from taking out a second, third and fourth mortgage on our home, the Bush administration has also done some remodeling. They have left us with…
- More pollution
- Weaker drinking water standards
- Weaker air quality standards
- Weaker standards on BPA, PCBs, Arsenic, Formaldehyde, and harmful pesticides
- Less protected wilderness
- Weaker protections for animals
- More greenhouse gas emissions
The list goes on. So by John and Michelle’s standards the Bush administration’s rap sheet should include Generational Theft, Fraud, Vandalism, Murder and Rape.
[Matt is the editor of greenUPGRADER.com]
Wow dude that was totally awesome! Well done!
Wow, logic fail. . . Maybe learn to argue a point correctly?
You pretty much pointed out the problem in your own post, you said “create jobs, build a more efficient infrastructure, and protect the environment….”
I think a big problem a lot of conservatives have with this bill is that the democrats call this a “Economic Stimulus plan”, but they are trying to push a lot more than just economic growth.
The plan includes changes in health care as well as other things, some of which you mentioned in your post.
They are trying to incorporate A LOT more than just economic stimulus and that just isn’t right.
The speed that they are trying to push this thing through with is scary as well. There hasn’t been time for the media to even read the whole thing yet. And all this time Obama has been “Campaigning” for republican support. Why would he do this since he already has enough votes to pass the bill, but it is pretty clear that he wants the republicans on board so if this thing tanks, it won’t hurt the dems in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
I’m not saying the previous administration didn’t mess things up as well, aka that 700 bn we spent last year which all but disappeared. This current package is not the answer though, and the fact that they are trying to push more than just money into the hands of the private sector is plain wrong.
If you can build a bridge for 1 dollar, the government can build the same bridge for a billion dollars…and take 5 times as long to build it.
Yeah but… you should really measure the deficit as a percentage of GDP, and in that regard Bush was pretty typical in terms of growing the debt.
Ok, I can see how generational theft can be blamed on the Bush administration. And maybe vandalism on the environment and, its a stretch, but murder could be thrown in there. But nothing covered in this article points to fraud or rape, and it seems to me like this is just libel intended on smearing the reputation of a public official, no matter his affiliation.
This article is pretty much a load of hype.. Bush didn’t spend TRILLIONS of dollars in Iraq.. the price tag was in the Billions NOT Trillions.. sorry to say, but your article is not truthfull
for you people that can’t understand English here is the difference in Billions and Trillions
1 Billion: 1,000,000,000
1 Trillion: 1,000,000,000,000
BIG Difference..
The pot may be calling the kettle black, but regardless of the past 8 years, the kettle IS black. The fact of the matter is, most Americans don’t want this bill pushed through because of the rediculous amounts of money being spent on rediculous non-economy stimulating items such as building renovations and landscaping for government buildings. The way to fix America is to stop giving handouts to every Joe-blow on the street and make people work for what they want again.
and even in spite of this all the poorest people in America vote republican
Just because bush f’d it up pretty bad, doesn’t mean the democrats can f it up in their own way with impunity.
Has everyone missed the point here? At no point am I trying to justify the stimulus bill by Bush’s actions, the stimulus bill is justified by it’s own merits. The whole point of this article is to point out the hypocrisy of the conservative pundits and congressional republicans who are trying to undermine this bill by mischaracterizing it as “Generational Theft,” something that they have been guilty of for years!