President Bush Mentions Poverty
I watched the State of the Union address earlier tonight.
First and foremost, Bush talked about his tax cuts and urged Congress not to let his “tax relief” expire. But, as I pointed out in my last post, his unfair tax cuts mean the working class has to pay more in taxes. Basically, changing the tax code does not change how much the taxpayers have to pay. Spending determines how much the taxpayers have to pay. And Bush has increased spending, while decreasing the amount that the rich have to pay of it.
Anyway, I don’t agree with everything Bush said in his address, but he did make a lot of agreeable statements. Of course, most politicians make a lot of good talk; they just never actually do much to solve problems.
Bush did mention the healthcare problem in the United States, AIDS, and global poverty.
Unfortunately, he still supports the expensive war in Iraq, which will end up costing trillions of dollars. Those trillions of dollars could have gone towards ending poverty and towards actually protecting the United States.
