Thursday, February 03, 2005

Reid on the right track.

Well, someone in the Minority Leader's office is getting the message. Very good stuff from Reid's response to the StOU speech. Check it out if you missed it


Too many of the president's economic policies have left Americans and American companies struggling. And after we worked so hard to eliminate the deficit, his policies have added trillions to the debt -- in effect, a "birth tax" of $36,000 on every child that is born.


You know, today is Groundhog Day. And what we saw and heard tonight was a little like the movie "Groundhog Day" -- the same old ideology that we've heard before, over and over and over again. We can do better.


Democrats are all for giving Americans more of a say and more choices when it comes to their retirement savings, but that doesn't mean taking Social Security's guarantee and gambling with it. And that's coming from a senator who represents Las Vegas.


Sometimes important questions, like Social Security or the economy or education, get reduced to dollars and cents with the competing policies of political parties.


But really, these are questions about our old-fashioned moral values that don't get talked about much in Washington but matter so much to our country.


Are we willing to do right by our parents and take care of our children? Do we believe that big corporations with powerful lobbyists should get special favors and that the wealthiest should get special tax breaks? Or do we believe we are all God's children and that each of us should get a fair shot and a say in our future?

That's what I'm talkin' about! Give 'em Hell, Harry!

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