Saturday, December 13, 2008

Another Bush Betrayal

At least our lame duck president's conduct is consistent with his family's history. Breaking a pledge -- just as his father went back on his vow not the raise taxes -- George Bush is going to use funds that were voted by Congress to prop up faltering financial institutions to keep the Detroit auto makers alive. This is something the current occupant of the oval office previously said he would not do.

The reversal of course is a betrayal of conservative and stated Republican principles. It also stabs in the back the Senate Republicans who in this instance performed magnificently by defeating proposed legislation that would have done what the President now is doing unilaterally. The position of the Senate Republicans was predicated upon the refusal of the United Auto Workers Union to accept cutbacks in their excessive wages and benefits to the standard prevailing in the industry by the end of 2009.

What transpired in the Senate between that body's GOP members and the UAW plutocrats makes it clear that what the President is doing is using taxes paid by ordinary Americans to subsidize and maintain the swollen pay and benefit packages of the UAW's members.

If you are not in line to get similar largess from the public treasury, you are supposed to just keep quiet . . . and keep working and paying your taxes to keep the gravy flowing.

You also might fight back by resolving not to buy anything produced by, or do any business with any entity that receives a government bailout. It also wouldn't hurt to advise those entities and your elected representatives of that commitment.

As for the turncoat W, he soon will join his father as another failed president. Good riddance! With that happy event the rest of us should determine never to vote for another Bush or ever even consider doing so.

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