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Congress Buys Yacht for Bush

by Chris Bowers, Sat Nov 20, 2004 at 04:55:57 PM EST

This was awfully nice of them:

Republicans whisked a $388 billion spending bill through the House on Saturday, a mammoth measure that underscores the dominance of deficit politics by curbing dollars for everything from education to environmental cleanups.(...)

Also enacted during the postelection session was an $800 billion increase in the government's borrowing limit. The measure was yet another testament to record annual deficits, which reached $413 billion last year and are expected to climb indefinitely.(...)

[The bill included] a potential present for Bush himself, $2 million for the government to buy back the presidential yacht Sequoia. The boat was sold three decades ago.

Fiscal conservatism at its best.

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Note to DNC: Make some commercials (none / 0)

It's time the Democrats grew a pair and hit the Republicans HARD when they do stuff like this. This could pay off in 2006.

"Voting to extend the national debt, then buying a yacht?" Every American should know what the Republicans are doing with our country's finances.

by wayward on Sat Nov 20, 2004 at 07:56:31 PM EST

John Kerry should filibuster this bill (3.00 / 1)

I concur with the previous poster.

by Paul Goodman on Sat Nov 20, 2004 at 08:07:11 PM EST

Good Move (none / 0)

This is a good thing -- the Sequoia should never have been sold. Two million is a bargain price, and it's already been restored, and is a designated historic site. This is more a matter of reclaiming a national treasure, instead of giving Bush a perk.

The Saratoga, sister ship of the Lexington, was sacrificed as a target ship in the Bikini H-Bomb test in the Pacific. These were the first two American Aircraft Carriers, converted from battle cruisers under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

Instead of being a tourist attraction in a port city, the Saratoga can only be seen by scuba divers in the South Pacific.