NYDNews: Bush's Skewed Sense of Sacrifice

[Captain Hilts]

Great article that mentions our being asked to "go shopping" to fight terrorism and also asks why raising the minimum wage is conditional upon tax breaks and the recent increase in federal salaries were not.

Check it out:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/482713p-406324c.html

[babylonsister]

1. From the article:

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It continues to amaze me that a President who only sees clear contrasts between freedom and tyranny and good and evil abroad is blind to the huge economic divide here at home. For the first time this year, the Forbes 400 richest Americans list will highlight only billionaires, who have a combined net worth of $1.29 trillion. At the same time, one in eight Americans and almost one in four blacks lives in poverty.

If the President really believes in sacrifice, he would call on the richest Americans to go without one or two tax cuts. Or he would get the CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies in a room and urge them to redirect some of their profits to bring down the cost of prescription drugs.

Don't hold your breath. Turns out, the only thing Bush is really interested in sacrificing is reality.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. * told the public to go shopping to help get over the trauma of 9-11 like

that's the panacea to problems. Run up your creditcards, but you can't declare bankruptcy if payment becomes a problem.

*'s attitude reminds me of a song from the soundtrack of Nashville, quoting a stanza, "It don't worry me. It don't worry me. You can say that I'm not free, but it don't worry me."