# 58 Conservative groups criticizing Bush.
How can this be? George W. Bush is supposed to be a conservative!
Well it's good to see a few others are wising up.
They must've read the Bush Scorecard and come to grips with the reality that Bush is not a conservative at all.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050109-115953-7289r.htm
Conservative group bashes Bush policies
By Donald Lambro
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A blunt critique being released today by the Heritage Foundation says President Bush and the Republicans have too often pushed big spending programs, contrary to their campaign promises, made again in 2004, to move the government in a more conservative direction.
In a surprisingly critical assessment of Mr. Bush's policies and programs of the past four years, the conservative think tank praised the president for strengthening national security and cutting taxes to promote economic growth.
But the report also took him to task for massive spending increases in Medicare entitlements, education and farm subsidies, and for imposing protectionist steel tariffs that hurt consumers and manufacturers.
Heritage President Edwin J. Feulner, who has been one of Mr. Bush's staunchest supporters, said, "It remains to be seen whether the rhetoric of the campaign will be manifest in Washington in the coming years. Sadly, commitment to principle has been missing in Washington's politics for quite some time now. "
Ronald Reagan's summary of how the government thinks — 'If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' — remains very much alive today," Mr. Feulner said.
It was especially "disappointing ... to see Congress pass, and the president sign, the biggest farm bill and the biggest education bill in our nation's history, as well as the largest entitlement increase since Lyndon Johnson's so-called Great Society," he said. Too many federal regulations were being imposed on the U.S. economy, which was ranked as the fourth-freest economy in 2000 and since has fallen into 10th place, he said.
But in the book's introduction, Stuart Butler, Heritage vice president for domestic and economic studies, and Larry Wortzel, vice president for international studies, said several of Mr. Bush's legislative initiatives and executive actions "have been at odds with these [conservative] principles."
"The Medicare drug legislation, for instance, conflicted directly with the goal of limiting government and reducing entitlements, and instead piled trillions of dollars of new debt onto our children and grandchildren," they said.
"Observers can therefore be forgiven for concluding that Bill Clinton's declaration that 'The era of big government is over' now seems rather premature," they said.
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/110528391012551.xml
GOP torn on immigration
Bush plan to accept foreign workers pits farm interests against desire for tighter borders
Sunday, January 09, 2005
MARY ORNDORFF
News Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON - President Bush's renewed interest in helping illegal immigrants legally keep their American jobs promises to be one of the more uncomfortable debates in Congress this year.
Already, members of Alabama's delegation are dreading having to choose between helping their farming constituents find a reliable labor force and their distaste for rewarding anyone who enters the United States without permission.
The issue pits some of the most conservative Republicans in Washington against their president and against an agricultural community that depends more and more on foreign workers.
... more on website ...
Well it's good to see a few others are wising up.
They must've read the Bush Scorecard and come to grips with the reality that Bush is not a conservative at all.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050109-115953-7289r.htm
Conservative group bashes Bush policies
By Donald Lambro
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A blunt critique being released today by the Heritage Foundation says President Bush and the Republicans have too often pushed big spending programs, contrary to their campaign promises, made again in 2004, to move the government in a more conservative direction.
In a surprisingly critical assessment of Mr. Bush's policies and programs of the past four years, the conservative think tank praised the president for strengthening national security and cutting taxes to promote economic growth.
But the report also took him to task for massive spending increases in Medicare entitlements, education and farm subsidies, and for imposing protectionist steel tariffs that hurt consumers and manufacturers.
Heritage President Edwin J. Feulner, who has been one of Mr. Bush's staunchest supporters, said, "It remains to be seen whether the rhetoric of the campaign will be manifest in Washington in the coming years. Sadly, commitment to principle has been missing in Washington's politics for quite some time now. "
Ronald Reagan's summary of how the government thinks — 'If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' — remains very much alive today," Mr. Feulner said.
It was especially "disappointing ... to see Congress pass, and the president sign, the biggest farm bill and the biggest education bill in our nation's history, as well as the largest entitlement increase since Lyndon Johnson's so-called Great Society," he said. Too many federal regulations were being imposed on the U.S. economy, which was ranked as the fourth-freest economy in 2000 and since has fallen into 10th place, he said.
But in the book's introduction, Stuart Butler, Heritage vice president for domestic and economic studies, and Larry Wortzel, vice president for international studies, said several of Mr. Bush's legislative initiatives and executive actions "have been at odds with these [conservative] principles."
"The Medicare drug legislation, for instance, conflicted directly with the goal of limiting government and reducing entitlements, and instead piled trillions of dollars of new debt onto our children and grandchildren," they said.
"Observers can therefore be forgiven for concluding that Bill Clinton's declaration that 'The era of big government is over' now seems rather premature," they said.
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/110528391012551.xml
GOP torn on immigration
Bush plan to accept foreign workers pits farm interests against desire for tighter borders
Sunday, January 09, 2005
MARY ORNDORFF
News Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON - President Bush's renewed interest in helping illegal immigrants legally keep their American jobs promises to be one of the more uncomfortable debates in Congress this year.
Already, members of Alabama's delegation are dreading having to choose between helping their farming constituents find a reliable labor force and their distaste for rewarding anyone who enters the United States without permission.
The issue pits some of the most conservative Republicans in Washington against their president and against an agricultural community that depends more and more on foreign workers.
... more on website ...
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