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Sunday, November 20, 2005

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Karen

Bullseye.
I'm as angry as you are, though sadly not surprised.

Scott

I'm as angry as you are, though sadly not surprised.

And isn’t that just a horrible, horrible fact?

Scott
Rep. Jim Ramstad, a Minnesota Republican who dissented from his party, made the case against the budget as well as anyone. "We should cut the pork," he told the Washington Times, "not the poor."

Some of the most powerful words on the budget cuts came from one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress. Rep. Gene Taylor, whose district was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, couldn't believe that cuts in programs for the poor were being justified as necessary to cover the costs of relief for hurricane victims.

Taylor's syntax only underscored the emotion he brought to the floor: "Mr. Speaker, in south Mississippi tonight, the people . . . who are living in two- and three-man igloo tents waiting for Congress to do something, have absolutely got to think this place has lost their minds. The same Congress that voted to give the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans tax breaks every time . . . suddenly after taking care of those who had the most, we have got to hurt the least. . . . Folks, this is insane. . . . This is the cruelest lie of all, that the only way you can help the people who have lost everything is by hurting somebody else."


Karen

"And isn’t that just a horrible, horrible fact?"

Yes, and that's what this administration has been. A horrible fact. I can't even feel glad that true colors are showing, because it's at the expense of too many innocent people ....

Scott

Just found this. Amazing. And not in a good way. But, hey, it’s just The National Council of Churches—no politician should feel any need to take the slightest heed of what they have to say. Unless, you know, he or she claims to be religious in the slightest. But we don’t have many of them kinds o’ hypocrites in Congress, now, do we?

The legislation contains budget cuts of $50 billion. Reductions that drastically impact programs for America’s neediest citizens, particularly Medicaid and food stamps. A companion act features $70 billion in tax cuts for America’s wealthy. Before the strictly party-line vote on the reconciliation bill, the National Council of Churches pled with every member of Congress. "The role of the government is to protect its people and work for the common good. This is not the time for a budget reconciliation process. To do so is not only unjust, it’s a sin. It violates all the fundamental Christian principles of loving thy neighbor, caring for the poor and showing mercy… How is it that we show mercy for oil millionaires and not hurricane survivors?"(http://www.ncccusa.org/news/051020BudgetCutPlans.html)

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