'Republicans are the problem'

©Beaver County Times/Allegheny Times 2004, 28 July 2004, page A6

The 10-member National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States revealed the federal government's inability to detect and defend against terrorist attacks.

Forgotten is the election of 1994 when the Republicans proclaimed that if they gained control of the U. S. House of Representative, they would cut the federal/congressional budget, vote on a balanced-budget amendment, and vote for a line-item veto.
In short, they wanted to create a smaller but stronger government.

The Republicans won and it changed the course of America - for the worse.

The Securities and Exchange Commission had its budget cut, causing it to be less effective.
A less effective SEC (smaller and weaker government) could not properly detect and monitor the business practices of American corporations.

The federal government and investors lost millions of dollars because of accounting irregularities at companies like Enron, Investors Associates, Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Worldcom.

Like the SEC, the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency had their budgets cut, causing them to be less effective.
Instead of using the money budgeted to expand, upgrade and improve their operations, these agencies were forced to use the funds just to maintain daily operations.

A less effective CIA, FBI, and NSA (smaller and weaker government) contributed to their inability to detect and defend against terrorist activities and the attacks of the al Qaida both inside and outside the United States.

Ronald Reagan once said, "Government is not a solution to our problem; government is the problem."

I guess Reagan was wrong.
Reagan should have said, "The Republicans are not the solution to our problems; the Republicans are the problem."

Nikola (Nick) Drobac
Aliquippa, PA

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