American Econocide

Bush and his band of neocon republicans are the antithesis of what they profess to believe in. Under Bush's eight years of stewardship, we've seen government grow and spending run amok. Bush has done a hatchet job on our economy, and regardless of who is crowned king on January 20th 2009, they will have a tough job trying to undo the extensive damage.

In the latest salvo of mind-numbingly depressing news about our economy, a sheepish White House official informed CNN that the 2009 budget deficit is expected to be $490 billion. (By the way, that only includes $70 billion toward the cost of the war!)

Senator Kent Conrad, who chairs the budget committee had this to say: "If they gave out Olympic medals for fiscal irresponsibility, President Bush would take the gold, silver and bronze. With his eight years in office, he will have had the five highest deficits ever recorded. And the highest of those deficits is now projected to come in 2009, as he leaves office."

Now...you might say, "budget deficit, ah, who cares?" But remember this - the U.S. has to BORROW from other countries in order to pay off its deficit. In addition to further vitiating the dollar...putting our economic fate in the hands of countries who do not have our best interests at heart is a grave threat to our homeland security. And though a senior White House official tried to pull out that old nugget of blaming Clinton for today's deficit, I would just like to point out that Bush inherited a $128 billion surplus. From Clinton.

So, as if we needed it, here is further proof that Bush and the Rove-crafted agenda is more concerned with right-wing political hegemony than with what is best for America.