Bush's E-Records Proposal Will Minimally Cost 200 Billion

Why is this man haphazardly spending our money? Is this the most important place to spend so much money? We are in the middle of a war. It will cost us billions and billions over the next 5 years at least. So many people don't have health coverage. People are homeless. The No Child Left Behind Act has never been properly funded. Army bases are closing and thousands of people are loosing their jobs. Many jobs are being exported to other countries. We have a tremendous deficit. Hasn't Bush ever heard of the phrase "tightening the purse strings"? Now is not the time to spend a gross amount of money on this. It is totally irresponsible. Yes, it is a plan that will streamline health care, but we survived all these years without E-Records, we can continue for a while until our fiscal situation is better, before we start spending money on luxuries.

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