Congress Tests Bush :: essays research papers

Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2001, â€Å"Congress Testing Bush’s Resolve†   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  How do we know if our president is doing his best to serve the people instead of acting on his own will? We entrust the president to make the right decisions and to do what is best for us. This is why we vote for who we think is the better president and hope he will serve us when we need him. After the recent attacks on September 11, 2001, a lot of stress has been put on the president because our nation is keeping a close watch on his actions. At times of war, he is our backbone and the support we need. Congress has been putting the president on the spot about spending money for drop-in supplies to Afghanistan, which will affect the entire United States by causing us to spend more money and at the same time, hurting our economy.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Recently, President Bush has been working since September 11 to find a solution to cut the spending of Congress, but at the same time, provide military assistance to Afghanistan. Bush believes that he may have opened up doors to profligate government spending and thinks he is too late to close them. On Wednesday morning, several presidential advisers met and decided that it was necessary to pursue and improve the stimulus package, the supplies being parachuted for the citizens of Afghanistan. Bush was against this idea and publicly asked for support from congressional leaders to limit the spending of the package. He was asked if he would veto the excessive spending, but Bush would not say. His credibility is on the line and the public will be watching him to see if he will stand by his words. While Bush has been gaining support from the people of America, Congress has been spending more money. Funds from the Social Security surplus have even been used for the war. Tax cuts to redistribute incomes have been added to the $40 billion already spent. Some people though, believe that the stimulus package should be scrapped. Lawrence Lindsey comments, â€Å"To kill them now, threatened a stock market collapse and a deeper recession.† All these events have been directed toward us because our nation will soon be in debt and we will have to cut down on spending to keep our economy up.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Congress has been testing the president’s limits on how much he plans to spend for the packages being dropped in Afghanistan.