Do you believe that, if the actions of the President had made things worse in America and the world, that it would be possible to ascertain those effects? Or do you believe that there's no objective way to determine if things are worse or better?
Thus, I asked why you thought things were worse, so we could ascertain some effects and see if they are as bad as you believe. What's bad for one, might not be bad for one somewhere else, and what's bad for one might just not be true at all, either.
terrorism is getting worse
When did we get hit again? I must have missed it. If you're talking about Iraqi terrorism, I'll give you that one. We are, in fact, in their country, fighting terrorists bent on destroying our army. There happen to be some people who don't like our ideas of free societies. They are called fanatical Muslims.
the economy hasn't recovered
According to what data?
more Americans than ever lack sufficient wages to meet their needs
According to what data?
our national security is compromised by a vast troop committment to an irrelevant war
According to what data? Is this the terrorist attack that hit us that I missed again? I really should watch the news more.
the government has turned billions in surplus into billions in debt
I happily concur that government spending is out of control, and has been for a long time. Then again, Kerry's current plan outspends Bush, so I don't see how that solves your problem, mi amigo.
the tax burden has been shifted from the rich to the middle class and the poor
According to what data? As I recall, they just made the tax cuts permanent. If I'm not mistaken, tax cuts mean you pay less taxes, dollar-wise. If you want to talk about rich vs. poor in America, I'd be glad to. (I'm reading Bork right now, interesting stuff on class warfare)
government transparency and accountability is the least its ever been
In one sense, I'm damned glad. I'd rather not know of every single time we get a threat from some terrorist or another, etc. Other than national security issues which we usually don't know about anyway, what are you talking about specifically?
the IRS is focused more on auditing people like you and me than in uncovering corporate tax cheats
So Enron and Tyco and Martha Stewart and all that jazz really was about you and me, and not the biggest bust of corporate scandal in years and years?
which cost the government billions every year.
The horribly inept tax code and beaurocracy itself costs the government billions and billions. Thank goodness Bush wants to reform the tax code.
-Justin