According to Conservatives, President Obama “goes around the world” apologizing for America.  I reflected on America’s history and it occurs to me that someone does need to apologize...to Americans.    Eight Years of Bushwhacking In 2003, President Bush enacted massive tax cuts, redistributing wealth to high income earners and placing a burden on middle and lower income earners.  According to economists, the Bush-era tax cuts were the single biggest contributor to the deficit.  Where was the Tea Party? Congress also passed the $550 billion Medicare Prescription Drug Act in 2003 at 3 o’clock in the morning.  Where was the Tea Party? When “The Manning Memo” surfaced in 2005, and America learned that President Bush was determined to invade Iraq whether it had WMD’s or not....Where was the Tea Party? Read more »

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