October 20 , 2004

Kerry spending over the last 14 years total $374,000,000,000.00. If Kerry's proposed healthcare system was enacted, it would cost the taxpayers $29,684,000,000,000 in four years— without any other spending

It's getting much harder for Sen. John Kerry to distance himself from the "L" word. When the National Taxpayer's Union releases its annual study on how Uncle Sam spends our money, the statistics will reveal that the man who accused President George W. Bush of spending a $5 trillion budget surplus in three years and putting the American people $2.5 trillion in debt—in what Kerry called the biggest debt in the history of the United States—will be forced to admit that $374 billion of that deficit was due to him. If Kerry becomes the 44th President of the United States and somehow manages to get his scheme—or rather, Hillary Clinton's scheme—for socialized medicine through the Congress, Kerry will end up spending $7.5 trillion dollars per year on that one measure. Not only would government-sponsored health care be a budget-buster from the onset, it will literally bankrupt the United States treasury—and cripple the American people—within five years. The annual cost of Kerry's proposed socialized medicine scheme would cost more per year than was spent on all measures during the both of Ronald Reagan's terms in office. But, if you remember, John Kerry promised the taxpayers that he would be able to implement his healthcare system without a tax increase on the middle class. He assured the voters that he would accomplish his "pay-as-you-go" healthcare plan simply by revoking George Bush's tax break on citizens earning over $200 thousand per year, by eliminating tax loopholes for the rich, and getting rid of corporate welfare. But anyone with a pocket calculator could quickly see that Kerry's tax the rich scheme would net the Treasury $79 billion per year, or about $320 billion over four years. With the cost of his national healthcare scheme at $7.5 trillion per year, Kerry would increase the national debt—on that one measure alone—to the tune of $29,684,000,000,000.00 in four years.

When Bush brought up Kerry's liberal spending record during the third presidential debate, hundreds of journalists began examining the spending bills that Kerry either sponsored, co-sponsored, or voted to enact. Bush was right. Over the past 14 years, the Massachusetts liberal proposed significant increases in domestic non-defense spending. The only areas where Kerry proposed spending cuts were in national defense and intelligence operations. For example, since Bush was inaugurated, Kerry has either voted against any increases in defense and/or intelligence spending, or he has voted to cut. Since September 11, 2001 Kerry has voted to cut $202 billion from the defense department and from the Department of Homeland Security. At the same time, Kerry proposed $84 in non-defense spending for every dollar of defense spending he either sponsored or voted to approve, clearly showing Kerry's priorities should he win the White House.

 

Kerry pledges to take the Election of 2004 to court...even if he loses by a wide margin

If anyone thought the Election of 2004 was not going to end up in the federal court system if George W. Bush wins by a wide enough margin can dismiss those thoughts as wishful thinking. Sen. John F. Kerry made it clear on Monday that he intends to contest the voting results in every State where legal action can be taken—regardless of the lead of his opponent and the futility of his action. Bush now holds a slim but very stable 3 to 5 point lead in every national poll. All of this in spite of Kerry's post-debate fear-mongering attacks on Bush on everything from the flu vaccine to Social Security to the war in Iraq in which the Kerry Campaign is not even attempting to conceal the fact that they are lying about the President's positions.

"You know," Kerry told an audience comprised largely of senior citizens in Florida, "if Halliburton made flu vaccines, you'd have more flu shots in Florida than oranges." Kerry told his audience that Bush's Department of Health and Human Services knew three years ago that there would be a shortage of flu vaccines in 2004 and did nothing to prevent it. "Under the Bush plan," Kerry told his audience of seniors, "you don't have a prayer of getting a flu shot." Kerry said that botching up something as easy to control as flu shots proves that Bush is "not in touch with people's lives."

Kerry also told Florida seniors that if he is re-elected, Bush plans to cut the monthly Social Security checks of senior citizens by as much as 45%—up to $500 per month—coming right off the top of the pensions of the elderly. The only way to keep that from happening, Kerry said, is to make sure Bush does not get reelected Responding to Kerry's reckless allegations, Bush reminded another seniors' audience that Al Gore floated exactly the same rumors in Florida in 2000. Bush also reminded them that he was elected and every month since the 2000 election, seniors received their Social Security checks—without the promised Gore deductions.

Attacking the opposite end of the age spectrum, both Kerry and veep running mate John Edwards have been telling the young audiences that Bush will reinstate the draft shortly after the first of the year if he is reelected, and that he will begin to draft 18- and 19-year olds into the Army to beef up the rapidly depleting forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The Kerry Campaign, aided by George Soros, the Tides Foundation, MoveOn.org, America Coming Together, Act-Up, Students for a Democratic Society and several other liberal, antiwar 527 voter registration groups have used the Democratic Party introduced bill to reinstate the draft to prove to draft-age youths that such a measure existed in Congress, but blaming the measure on the GOP and the White House. In a strategic move last week, Dennis Hastert and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay forced the measure on the floor and quickly defeated it. Even Charlie Rangel [D-NY] who introduced the measure in the House of Representatives, was forced to vote against his own bill. The Senate version of the bill, S.89, introduced by Sen. Ernest Hollings [D-SC] died in committee last year.

As the Kerry Campaign watches George Bush doggedly pull ahead, desperation is growing and Kerry has thrown caution to the wind.

 

Winona LaDuke backing Kerry

Reform Party presidential nominee Ralph Nader's 2000 running mate, native-American activist Winona LaDuke has thrown her "support" to Sen. John F. Kerry this time around. Nader snubbed LaDuke earlier this year and selected environmentalist Peter Camejo as his running mate. LaDuke, who apparently sees a plum job for herself in the Department of the Interior in a Kerry Administration—should there be on— is speaking out in Minnesota, a Democratic stronghold that has suddenly become a toss-up State. In an article published in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune last week, LaDuke said: "I'm voting my conscience on November 2—I'm voting for John Kerry. [He] provides promise for Native America and for America. His policy proposals involve vision—like alternative energy, more accessible healthcare, and finding all those children who have been left behind by the Bush Administration." I wonder what job Kerry promised LaDuke—Assistant Deputy Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs?