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Published: Nov 21, 2003
Author: Rush Limbaugh


Limited Government Is Dead - For Now

November 21, 2003


Unlike the farm and unemployment extension bills, or any of the other bills
that expand government and force us all to work more days as slaves to the
government, the energy bill is being filibustered. USA Today reports, "House
Republican leaders coaxed conservatives to support a sweeping Medicare drug
bill Thursday, arguing that health-related tax breaks and measures to curb
spending on health care should outweigh discomfort at creating a new
government benefit for 40 million Americans."



Well, that's bunk. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) said, "If you have
to be pure, you can't accomplish anything on the left or the right and you
can't govern." DeLay is making the best of a tough situation. He shouldn't
have to, because the nation isn't clamoring for this bill, which will force
all of you to pay for Bill Gates' pharmacy bill when he turns 65. Some
people genuinely want it, but those people are wrong. There is a lot of
politics going on here.

Bush and Karl Rove have made their goal of destroying the Democrat Party
clear from Inauguration Day. They're accomplishing this by sealing Democrat
vote blocs with a big-government agenda. The AARP has been targeted with
this $400 billion bill, even though 76% of seniors already have coverage and
there's very little demand for a new huge entitlement that dooms our
children to more days of tax serfdom. Keep in mind that the AARP is no
longer solely an advocate of retirees. They start stalking new members at
45, which is why they've taken that word out of their name. They back this
bill because they back big government, and it helps them sell their AARP
Travel Agents, AARP Castor Oil, etc.

These entitlements will eat up money for our security and other priorities,
while the deficit rises skyward. Democrats oppose the bill now because, #1,
they don't think government ever takes enough of your money to fund their
vote-buying schemes, and #2, if anyone is going to get credit for growing
government he better not have an (R) after his name. Ted Kennedy will
eventually decide to "fix" this bill rather than fight it, and by "fix"
he'll mean expanding it and killing off the small test programs for medical
savings accounts. It's fun to watch the spectacle of the Democrats attacking
the AARP, but, sadly, the bottom line is that the GOP is all for growing the
federal government. Limited government is dead - for now, anyway.




As Matt Drudge signed off last week he said to the effect that it will be
good to have RUSH LIMBAUGH back so he can hold Bush and the Republicans feet
to the Fire over Big Govt again