Why Don't People Trust Republicans on Domestic Policy?

[mddem2004]

Why should they? Look at the record: Whats Conservative about cutting taxes that mainly benefit the top 10% that in turn run $500 billion plus deficits that only increases the amount of interest owed on our own debt. Cutting taxes is the easy part, anyone can run on that. Cutting spending is the tough part, yet since 1994 earmarked pork barrel spending has risen by nearly a third every year since the Republicans took the House. Theres nothing Conservative about plunging the country into unsustainable red ink. What I want to know is where are all the Republican Deficit Hawks now???

The Republicans can't touch domestic policy without trying to use it to bolster their own base. Look at the Medicare Bill that now appears to be costing them many senior votes. They've created a system that guarantees price supports to the two most profitable industries in America: the Pharmacudical and Insurance industries. All of this of corporate welfare is at taxpayer expense of course.

Energy Policy: again the policy is aimed at guaranteeing profitability and expanding market share for the Oil, Coal, and Nuke industry as opposed to protecting the environment or let alone its own citizens health by doing what we've needed to do since 1973...ween ourselves off a carbon based energy economy. This may take 50 to 80 years to complete but the Republican Energy Bill would only delay what is now becoming obvious to all with $2.00 for a gallon of gas. (I just love to see all those SUV behemouth drivin fools shelling out the $green$ at the pump now!)

Not the the Democrats don't guide their policy by politics as well. But when it comes down to the root of your question....The reason the Republican Party is not trusted on domestic policy is because when you boil through all the BS and look at the facts...the everyday common working joe in this country is not a part of the Republican constituency...its corporate America that counts to them...we are just an inconvenient after thought.

[mddem2004]

"Do you or your parents make over $70,000 per year?"

 As a matter of fact my wife, two girls and I had an income of $75,600 last year. Since Bush came into office I have received approximately $3600 in reduced Federal taxes over the three years.

However, because in 2002 there was no Federal aid to the states (at least not my state of Maryland), the first time by the way by any modern President in time of recession to not provide aid to the states, our State budget (which must be balanced) forced those cuts onto the local governments. That in turn raised my property taxes two consecutive years, the tax percentage my local government charges was increased, and of course because I am a local government employee, not only have we not received a COLA but of course we have not received any merit increases as well. So...by my calculations when you take into account the increases in our health insurance and of course inflation (even though its low) I calculate I've lost in real income close to $5,000 over the same period.

In a nut shell...Bush's shell game of tax relief has cost me about $1400 in real income since he's been in office....

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"You meant 1%, not 10% right?"

I used the figure of 10% in my ealier post because the information that I have seen on Bush's initial 1.3 trillion dollar tax cut gave 42% of that to the top 10% of the population....