Re: Fucking assholes

On 8/31/05 4:55 PM, in article
1h26kw8.171b03u1qlovi8N%firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx, "Florian"
<firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> WaIIy <eIvez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Seems like everything is President Bush's fault.
>
> Indeed.
>
> In 1995, the Army Corp of Engineers submitted a report to congress
> detailing the devasting effects of a major hurricane in the New Orleans
> area and requesting funding for things like shoring up the levees and
> expanding evacuation routes, upgrading the pumping systems, etc.
> Congress passed a bill authorizing funding which Clinton signed.
> However, in 2001, George W. Bush slashed funding for this program to
> help off-set the cost of his tax-cuts for the extremely wealthy. Funding
> was further cut after 9/11 and in early 2004, Bush eliminated almost all
> funding because of the combined costs of his war and his tax-cuts.
>

Congress controls the purse strings in this country, not the President. If
you would just take time to read what you posted: .".. Congress passed a
bill authorizing funding...".
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