Wasn’t the Democratic criticism of the Bush plan at the time that it didn’t go far enough in terms of benefits? Why don’t you go use Google and look up Teddy K’s comments…
Interesting that you are criticizing the Bush White House for attempting to spend more on social benefits. I will expect you to continue this position on going-forward basis.
As for us fiscal conservatives, our only solace is that the Democrats plans were worse. Congress should have held the line and refused to pass this load of pork. Not that most of them actually want to hold down spending or anything…
“Wasn’t the Democratic criticism of the Bush plan at the time that it didn’t go far enough in terms of benefits?”
No, the criticism is that this drug bill is a sweetheart deal for the pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry. It’s a bill that was written BY them and FOR them, and not for the senior citizens it pretends to help. It’s a total disaster.
You can talk all you want about how ‘both sides spend’ but we currently have a one-party government. Republicans control the White House as well as the Senate and the House of Representatives. This Republican government, led by George Bush, is the biggest spending government in American history. I don’t expect that to change until the public gets fed up and dumps the GOP.