On 06 Jun 2004 00:31:53 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

Subject: General Zinni on Sixty Minutes
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 6/5/04 3:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Seriously, I don't think Social Security, Medicare or public education
were implemented at gunpoint. They met the demands of "we the
people"--even when misguided.

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)

Social Security, Medicare and public education misguided? So much for
compassionate conservatism.


Arthur Kramer

Art, stop being so eager to find fault.

Social Security, Medicare and public education are fine. My point was
that in our political system we get what we want by electing
representation that responds to our demands. If they don't they get
un-elected.

Sometimes the things we demand are poor choices. Consider a lot of the
pork that comes out of every annual omnibus appropriations bill. It
gets votes for the individual congress-critter, but isn't necessarily
good policy for the nation.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8