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I am responding to Erma and Tom
Pendergast’s litany of spurious attacks on A1 Gore and their bogus claims about George Bush and Dick Cheney. The names Cheney and Bush spoken in the same breath as ‘less intrusive government?” This must be a joke. ! Bush and Cheney’s (and George Allen’s) Stance on women’s reproductive rights—the government deciding when and whether a woman will bear a child—is about as intrusive as it is possible for government to get. ■ George W. Bush’s prescription plan depends on the cooperation of HMO’s and insurance companies, which have said they don’t want any part of it. So, rather than trust Medicare, which has a fine record, he would force unwilling HMO’s to do it.
Do the Pendergasts think this is a “workable...solution” or that it will “enhance cooperation?” Such an intrusion on the market is antithetical to Republican claims of creating a “free market” for health care as well.
It seems more important for Bush to keep the government small than it is for citizens have ready access to services. Given the Republican record, I understand their preoccupation with quantity over quality, but accusing A1 Gore of wanting to increase the size of government contradicts all the facts.
A1 Gore has done more to decrease the size of the federal government, while maintaining its effectiveness, than any other
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