Republicans Protest Bush Cut to Anti-Drug Program

[SillyGoose]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a rare show of discontent with the White House, 41 congressional Republicans have signed a letter protesting President Bush's plan to sharply cut spending on an anti-drug program.



The 41 House of Representatives Republicans joined 49 Democrats in signing the letter, given to Reuters on Friday, which asked top House budget writers to reject the cuts.


Bush's budget request to Congress in February proposed cutting funds for the High Density Drug Trafficking Area program to $100 million, from $228 million last year, and moving control from the White House drug czar's office to the Justice Department.


The program brings together law-enforcement agencies to fight drug trafficking in 31 major problem areas across the United States, including big cities and the southwestern U.S. border with Mexico, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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[UCLA Dem]

1. whaaa???? repukes showing some common sense and decency???

[leesa]

6. No. Just wasting more money and throwing non-violent offenders in jail

Why is this common sense and decency? The Drug Wars have been failures for years.

[ixion]

13. exactly. 80% of the prison population in the US are non-violent

offenders (that is recreational, experimental drug users) who never hurt anyone, never stole from anyone, and more often than not had some semblance of a 'life', now destroyed by the so-called 'War on Drugs'.

If someone is violent, if they steal or kill or rape, these people are obviously a danger to society and should be behind bars until they can behave. But non-violent offenders, people who are not a direct danger to society, should not be locked in a box.

This type of 'rehabilitation' is worthless, and the result of society supposedly 'helping' these people is that their lives are destroyed forever.

[eleonora]

2. -drops dead-

they musn't be sleeping well lately.

[hadrons]

3. meth problem must be big enough in their districts for them to complain

[GainesT1958]

4. Figures...

After all, Dub always loved those uncontrolled substances!:eyes:

B-)

[Cha]

5. bushits are cutting

EVERYTHING to finance the bombing on Iraq.

Except the tax cuts..they don't pay for nothin'!

[NVMojo]

7. Wah!!! All their repuke troughfeeding drug and alcohol prevention

pals will be out of jobs. Wah!! Should have thought about it before the bit the Bush cookie.

[freedom_to_read]

8. war on drugs? that's so NINETIES

we're livin' in a whole new century,

gotta get with the times, man!

[Jack_DeLeon]

9. Wow, Bush does something right for a change, it must be an accident...

IMO the war on drugs does far more harm to American Citizens than drug abuse ever would.

[Erika]

10. Bush must have found a Pharmaceutical donor

who said they could provide the answer at a few biillion cost.

[saigon68]

11. He doesn't want hundreds of thousands of "Negroes " Locked up

He wants Dr. Rice to Rehabilitate them </Massive sarcasm>

The Bush Criminals war on drugs is a "RACE WAR"

To those in denial I say look at WHO is being prosecuted for CRACK.

[flordehinojos]

12. of course! noelle doesn't need no %^&* federal money for rehab!

Her daddy steals it from Fla. Retirement Benefits funds and/or his big cojones corporation friends line his pocket with it.