Here's what House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has been saying recently:
Democrats will keep fighting to transfer wealth from young working people to older, wealthier people.
We won’t give up until we delegate our sovereignty to Mexico.
Decisions on allocating the public's money should be made by unelected government employees who stand to benefit, not by the people's elected representatives.
We must support programs that lower academic standards for favored ethnic groups.
Democrats insist that Congress must not leave for its summer vacation until it gives a "tax credit" to people who don't pay taxes.
You really know how to piss someone off by posting the socialist's speeches.
Same person who wants to take my guns, but yet, she is armed and has armed bodyguards? Oooooook!
Posted by: Kevin on July 17, 2003 09:18 PMPelosi and the Dems are wrong on some of these issues, particularly the Matricula issue, I think. You are wrong on the child tax credit thing, though. Those people do pay federal taxes -- payroll taxes, which take in hugh surpluses (over $200 billion this year) beyond what is needed to pay for Social Security and Medicare Part A, which is what that tax is ostensibily supposesd to be for. These additional surpluses do NOT GO INTO A "LOCK-BOOK", but instead fund regular discretionary spending (appropriations bills) and interest payments on the debt. There is only ONE bank in Washington.
Posted by: Markus Rose on July 18, 2003 11:10 AMI had a real problem with Pelosi yesterday and had to blog away my anger. Her comments about taking Blair on about intelligence was way over the top. Then later on C-Span, she had a press interview that blew me away. She claims that she supports Head Start not for the early education, but for the ability to intervene on behalf of children. In other words, Head Start's purpose is PARENTING BY THE GOVERNMENT. Further comments on her at my blog.
Posted by: Intergalactic Capitalist on July 18, 2003 01:17 PM