President Bush’s Inaugural Address
I was pleased with the tone of President Bush’s inaugural address and his pleas for decency and cooperation.
But his effort to rationalize the huge budget deficits with the statement “we have more will than wallet” was upside down. We have the “wallet” to pay for what we’re spending, but we don’t want to.
We’ve been brainwashed for eight years to believe we “don’t deserve” to pay taxes and that government and its activities are the problem, not the solution. President Reagan has said these very words while observing we are in the midst of prosperity.
He’s taught Americans that, yes Virginia, there is a free lunch and your grandchildren deserve to pay for it. We don’t want to.
JOHN McSWEENEY
Studio City
More to Read
Get the L.A. Times Politics newsletter
Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. In your inbox three times per week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
