In a column published Sept. 18 Frank Rich talks about the administration's response to Katrina. Mr. Rich gave me some cause to hope a change could be in the wind, when he mentioned the "Fiscally disastrous conservatism that prizes pork over compassion."
I read that as meaning we are being governed by the most selfish bunch of Americans our history has ever witnessed.
Tom Friedman mentioned the problem of selfishness at the top levels of our government. That is two mentions about our selfish "no-tax policy" since Katrina hit.
How these no-tax folks expect our government to be strong when they refuse to fund it properly I will never understand. There is not a single one of those legislators who would agree to offset their expenses rather than receive pay raises. Why do they ask the government to do that?
And why is it that everything they want to cut is in the social program department? Why is it OK with these selfish louts to spend our money on nation building in IRAQ while our nation falls apart? Why aren't they staunching the flow of money overseas?
Our tax money should be used right here in America first.
