The Price Of BushCo's Tax Cuts For The Rich

Bush never hesitates to remind the country that "WE ARE AT WAR! WAR!!!" Indeed, we've been hearing a lot of that lately, given that it seems to be his mantra in response to critics who aren't too happy with the fact that Bush has admitted to committing criminal acts when he spied on Americans without a warrant.

My message to Bush: If we are really "AT WAR!!!!!!," then start acting like it. In other words, don't do stuff like this:

President Bush will use his new budget to propose cutting the size of the Army Reserve to its lowest level in three decades and stripping up to $4 billion from two fighter aircraft programs.

The proposals, likely to face opposition on Capitol Hill, come as the Defense Department struggles to trim personnel costs and other expenses to pay for the war in Iraq and a host of other pricey aircraft and high-tech programs. Bush will send his 2007 budget to Congress on Feb. 6.

The proposed Army Reserve cut is part of a broader plan to achieve a new balance of troop strength and combat power among the active Army, the National Guard and reserves to fight the global war on terrorism and to defend the homeland.

Of course, this presents a huge opening for the Democrats to start arguing that our Deserter-In-Chief is weak when it comes to the defense of our country and therefore must be in league with the terrorists. During the 2004 election, BushCo was more than happy to dredge up how John Kerry voted for cuts in the military back in the early 90s -- spending cuts that then Secretary of Defense Dick "Dick" Cheney was himself advocating -- so you'd think the Democrats would really want to attack Bush on this issue.

I'm pretty certain, however, that the Democrats won't exploit this opening, given that top Democratic strategists feel that Bush is untouchable on security issues.