War is not the only answer. We need to rededicate ourselves to diplomacy, education, and economic development across the globe. These efforts are essential to re-establishing America’s good standing in the world and securing long-term security both at home and abroad.
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Newsflash: For seven years, George Bush has collected your taxes, and spent your money.
He may have collected those taxes in a more unfair manner than in the prior decade. And he may have spent much of that money in ways that weren't economically helpful or supported by the public.
Nevertheless, the record is clear. He has had a seven-year policy and taxing and spending.
Yet when Bush vetoed the annual bill that determines what we invest in labor, health and education, he railed against "the cost of tax-and-spend policies." more »
The irony of President Bush's demand on Monday for $46 billion in additional emergency spending for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan—an irony missed by most of the news media—is that it occurred as the Senate debated an appropriations bill for domestic education, labor and human services programs that President Bush has threatened to veto—over a comparatively minor $9.6 billion.
In 2006, nearly one in five incoming soldiers did not have high school diplomas while before the Iraq war began, the percentage of Army recruits who graduated high school surpassed 90 percent.
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