Pelosi: 'President's Budget is Fiscally Irresponsible, Morally Irresponsible, and a Failure of Leadership'
2/7/2005 10:44:00 AM
Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the
Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
"The President's budget is a hoax on the American people. The two issues that dominated the President's State of the Union Address -- Iraq and Social Security -- are nowhere to be found in this budget. We know that the cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost billions this year, but those costs are not accounted for in this budget. Independent experts estimate the President's proposal to privatize Social Security will cost trillions in coming decades, but it is not accounted for here. ... read the rest at: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=42711
copyright Virginia Metze
Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the
Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
"The President's budget is a hoax on the American people. The two issues that dominated the President's State of the Union Address -- Iraq and Social Security -- are nowhere to be found in this budget. We know that the cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost billions this year, but those costs are not accounted for in this budget. Independent experts estimate the President's proposal to privatize Social Security will cost trillions in coming decades, but it is not accounted for here. ... read the rest at: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=42711
copyright Virginia Metze
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