Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The G.W. Bush Presidential Library

[Rick <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Mike Miller wrote:
> Which programs are those?  I would be surprised if they aren't extremely 
> wasteful because the money goes to corporations that provide services and 
> lobbyists and campaign contributions.  Related to this -- here's a good 
> question:  Why don't Republicans want the Federal gov't to negotiate 
> prices with drug companies?  It's comically wasteful not to do so.  It 
> makes Bush and cronies look really corrupt to me.  Here's a story:
> 

They're wasteful because there's a huge government bureaucracy involved 
in it.

http://www.lp.org/issues/poverty-and-welfare

> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/washington/13drug.html
> 
> Most federal tax money goes to defense, but much of that is also money 
> that goes to corporations that provide services and weapons and lobbyists 
> and campaign contributions.  Companies like Halliburton and Bechtel are 
> especially parasitic.
> 

And you would prefer, perhaps, that the federal government own it's own 
means of production? Can we even imagine what a nightmarish debacle that 
would be?

This becomes even more frightening under the specter of the 
nationalization of the oil industry that Dems seem to be stumping for.

> If you want to save money, start at the DoD and you'll save plenty.
> 

If you really want to save money, start in the voting booth and you'll 
save a lot more.

> Mike

-- 
Live life as a dog would. If you cant eat it or hump it, piss on it and 
walk away.
-Carlos SantaMaria

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