Handing Out Hardship (washingtonpost.com): "The administration wants $87 billion in new spending for Iraq, refuses to contemplate rolling back any of its tax cuts to pay for it -- and then proposes holding down new spending on child care for mothers trying to leave welfare.
... "Cheney was asked about freezing the administration's tax cut for the top 1 percent of Americans, which, as host Tim Russert pointed out, would generate enough money to cover the $87 billion for the war in Iraq.
No way, said Cheney. 'I think it would be a mistake,' he replied, 'because you can't look at that without considering what its impact would be on the economy. An awful lot of the returns in that top bracket are small businesses, and they provide an awful lot of job growth in this economy.'
In a nifty move, Cheney manages to hide all of the nation's millionaires and corporate CEOs -- New York Stock Exchange Chairman Dick Grasso and his $140 million compensation package come to mind -- behind the proprietor of your local laundry or the owner of the neighborhood machine shop. I guess that struggle is a real motivator for Burger King Mom, but not for guys like Grasso.
It would be hard to find a clearer example of why the administration is running into increasing bitterness and opposition over its Iraq policies. "

Who does this government represent? Clearly it is no longer a representative government, a government of the people by the people for the people. It is now a government of the people by the very wealthy for the extremely rich, at the expense of the majority of Americans.

Dear reader, we have an out of control virus for a government. A trojan horse. Something has taken over the institutions that should protect our interests and is using them for their own ends. Perhaps it is a cancer. Whatever it is, it is no longer ours.
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