Reply #11: Bush Tax Cut

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I heard a former marine on Randi Rhodes last night do just about the same thing. He did not blame Kennedy or Kerry, but he did blame Clinton. He claimed that Clinton balanced the budget on the backs of the military. This completely false.

Neither Clinton, Kennedy, or Kerry are to blame for the troops not having enough equipment. First, there are many people including some former military leaders who say the defense budget is completely bloated. In the book Take the Rich Off Welfare the claim is made that the Defense budget can be reduced to $150 billion. Second, Bush was in charge of the military for three years before he sent the troops into Iraq. He could have made sure that the troops had what they needed to go to this war. People need to remember that it was Bush and Rumfield that claimed that this war could be conducted on the cheap. Furthermore, they refused to listen to anyone who claimed the could not be done on the cheap. Thirdly, it is Bush's tax cuts that are to blame for the shortages in troop supply. It was Bush that pushed for tax cuts three years in a row instead of spending money to supply troops with armored humvees and body armor. Finally, there are reports that the factories that produce the armor are running at half production rates and have not received orders from the Bush administration. So it is most definitly not the fault of Clinton, Kennedy, or Kerry that the troops do not have the supplies they need. It is Bush's fault.