Social Security surfaces in aid talk

Oct. 27, 2005, 2:08AM

Social Security surfaces in aid talk
Bush tries to revive a plan of his that got nowhere on Capitol Hill over the summer
By ALEXIS GRANT
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday he is willing to support more cuts in federal spending to offset the costs of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but he stood firm on the need to make his tax cuts permanent and to add private accounts to Social Security.

"We can help the people of the Gulf Coast region recover and rebuild, and we can be good stewards of the taxpayers' dollars at the same time — which means we're going to have to reduce unnecessary spending elsewhere in the budget," he said.

In a speech to the Economic Club of Washington, Bush emphasized the importance of keeping taxes low and restraining federal spending, two major concerns of his conservative supporters.

He encouraged lawmakers to pass his $187 billion proposed cuts in discretionary spending, which is part of his plan to halve the deficit by 2009, and said he would consider slashing more federal programs if necessary.
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The doz. or so golf clubs they built for the DOD around DC and some of the Lear jets to get the top brass to their vacation spots in the Alps also. We do not have enough money to be an Empire.

can be considered dead on arrival. The vast majority of Americans DO NOT WANT Social Security tampered with, why does this blockhead insist on trying every trick in the book to do it? The will of the American people means nothing to this pinhead, his "agenda" is his only concern. Over 60% of Americans now think that bush is taking this country where it should not go, yet he continues on as if he still has his mythical "mandate" (that he never had in the first place).
This moran in incapable of changing tactics and goals on the run. He makes a decision and sticks with it even though the target has moved dramatically. I believe it stems from laziness. He doesn't want to go through the process of reassessing the situation with the new data, he'd rather stick with his old decisions even though they no longer apply to the new situation. Why is this man still in power? He is so out of touch with reality it's frightening.