Patsy Ronghi – 5/8/05

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‘If this is moral justice …’; Patsy Ronghi; Beaver County Times; May 8, 2005.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“Surprise, surprise, surprise.

“Congress has passed a $2.6 trillion budget that includes cuts in Medicaid and other domestic programs. The Republican Party has finally shown its true colors, and they are not red, white and blue and red.

“It’s red.

“They cut programs that will benefit the poor, the working poor and all the working classes for their style of moral justice. But they find all sorts of reasons to spend taxpayers’ money on programs for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc., etc., etc. - everybody except the American people.”

[RWC] Let me get this straight, spending for national defense/security isn’t for “the American people?”

“House Majority leader Tom Delay has said our benefit programs are ‘rife with waste.’ Why is it that only programs that benefit Americans are rife with waste, not foreign aid?”

[RWC] There isn’t any government program without waste.

“Maybe the reason is the likes of Delay, Santorum, Bush, Cheney, and the 52 Senators and 214 House members who voted for this budget. This group talks about moral justice - first it was Social Security, now Medicaid, prescription coverage, Head Start programs, No Child Left Behind (in what country?)”

[RWC] Why should the government fund welfare programs?

“Maybe they should hold our hands and care about the American people. If this is moral justice, they can keep it. I have never voted party lines, but after these guys, I will never vote for a Republican.”

[RWC] “Hold our hands?” Is the government supposed to be our “Daddy and Mommy?” In my book, “moral justice” is individuals taking care of themselves without sticking their hands into the pockets of others.

Given Mr./Ms. Ronghi’s apparent belief that government should be a nanny, I suspect he/she never voted for a Republican with true conservative principles anyway.

“Lincoln must be crying in his grave.”