From: elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us (Edward J. Branley)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.elections
Subject: Re: Hold on to your wallet!
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 19:34:55 CDT
Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans)

cdpert01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:

> In article <caV4qB4w165w@mintir.new-orleans.la.us>, elendil@mintir.new-orlean
> > born@scepter.raleigh.ibm.com (Christopher J. Born) writes:
> >
> >   [mulac stupidity deleted...]
> >
> >>
> >> Hey Richard, who pays for your funding?
> >>
> >> I just can't stand people who are on the dol(sp?) who complain about taxes
> >> Being on the dol(sp?)  includes the president, people who work for NASA,
> >> a member of the military, a county garbage collector, a teacher, etc...
> >>
> >> I could never understand, how,  someone who is on the dol, complain about
> >> cut taxes 50%, can we cut everyones dol by 50%?
> >>
> >> Christopher J. Born
> >>
> >> born@ralvm48.vnet.ibm.com
> >
> > You've pegged Mr. Mulac quite effectively.  He doesn't want Clinton because
> > knows that Bush, like Reagan before him, is the best thing to help Big
> > Government.  These borrow-and-spend Republicans are really lending a hand t
> > welfare programs like the defense budget and the space program.  Just pump
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > money into both, and don't really worry about trivial things as getting the
> > most for the buck or direction of the programs.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Edward J. Branley         elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us<
> >>Seashell Software, Metairie, LA            +1-504-455-5087<
>
>      With the underlined statement as a premise, here is a list of
> some famous American "welfare" recipients over the past 30 years:
>
>      Colin Powell
>      Sally Ride
>      Norman Schwartzkopf (sp?)
>      Neil Armstrong
>      John Glenn
>      Anyone who served in the Persian Gulf War
>      etc.

Don't forget:

        the folks in the Pentagon who invaded the same beach on Grenada twice
        the folks at NASA responsible for killing the Challenger astronauts
        the engineers from Morton Thiokol who were complicit in those murders
        the executives at General Dynamics and McDonnell-Douglas who have
        been convicted of fraud related to defense contracts
        the Navy personnel responsible for the A-12 program

There is entirely too much waste and irresponsibility in these areas.  Look at
Bush right now.  Less than a year has gone by since he (Bush) wanted to cut
back on arms sold to the Middle East.  Now that he's down in the polls, that
noble enterprise is thrown by the wayside.  He promises F-15s to the Saudis to
boost his ratings amongst defense workers, then promises F-15s that are more
advanced than those to Israel to appease the pro-Israel voters who are upset
about the Saudi sale.

This is a classic example of Defense Department Welfare in action, and a
President who condones these actions in the interests of getting re-elected.



>Edward J. Branley         elendil@mintir.new-orleans.la.us<
>Seashell Software, Metairie, LA            +1-504-455-5087<
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