Thus Bush has become to me, the origami president. He folds easily under pressure, but in skilled hands changes from a crumpled mass into some new and pretty thing to behold. But whatever the shape he is still a paper sham, at best a paper tiger.
I think it is a mistake to single out Bush for criticism. This is a massive failure of the conservative experiment in cutting the size of government. It started with Reagan.
Their method of cutting government was to cut taxes, and force the nation into debt to such an extent that we could not afford government programs. And they set a tone which had the effect of putting local and state government under similar financial pressures.
The result has been a failure to adequately invest in infrastructure, education, etc.
We need to get back to the old fashioned idea of planning for our future.
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