In the past I have concentrated the major policies on the Bush Administration. This Blog will document some lesser choices made by Bush and enacted into law by the GOP controlled Congress from 2001-2007.
Bush cut funding for the IRS which has REDUCED the number of agents at a time when we need to insure we collect all the taxes due under existing law to reduce the budget deficit.
Bush cut funding for Social Security staffing and the number of the staff has fallen at a time when the work load has begun to increase.
Bush has cut the staffing at the FDA and Product Safety Commission at a time when imports are skyrocketing and the need for these inspectors has never been greater. It is also in the face of several years of increased examples where dangerous products have been allowed to come into our country.
Bush has not requested the added staffing for border guards six years after 9/11.
Bush has cut funding for cancer research for the past three years.
Given what is needed I can not see any possible justification for ANY of the above actions by the Bush Administration. Congress allowed these totally improper actions to take place by blindly passing the Bush budgets year after year. In addition, the manpower for our military should have been increased starting before we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan which demanded MORE troops that Bush simply failed to request. Again Congress failed to act and went along with Bush and we are now faced with a very serious manpower shortage in both the Army and Marine Corps.