FINANCIAL DISASTER
The Medicare bill was budget-buster even if the costs estimated had been based on true numbers. Even if you believe that Scully alone suppressed the true numbers, isn't it fair to hold the guys in charge accountable? If not, what does "in charge" really count for? Bush and Thompson have to answer for this. Tommy's B-S about not being able to control Scully is an admission of his abdication of his responsibility to the taxpayers. Shame on the Dem's who voted for this, too. It doesn't matter whether you fed the deficit by over-spending or undertaxing. It's results that count and in fiscal terms that can be measured by the deficit. We can agree sometimes that a deficit is o.k. when we're talking about natural disasters, attacks on our homeland,etc. When it is tax policy and spending priorities, then disagreements are appropriate and debate is good. I just hate those who would SAY they are for deficit reduction but vote for this sort of bill or for tax cuts without off-sets. Unfortunately, the voters are just about as gullible (and at heart as hypocritical) as the representatives the elect. We get the government we (collectively) deserve.