I Solemnly Swear

In 2002 the president pledged to increase funding to combat world poverty to $5 billion a year starting in FY2006. FY2006 is around the corner and now the tune is $3 billion.

In the 2003 State of the Union address the president said he would increase AIDS funding by $10 billion over the following five years. To do so, he would have to appropriate $6.4 billion over the next two years as he has only asked for an additional $3.6 billion thus far.

In 2004 the president signed a bill authorizing 2000 new Border Patrol agents. It would be nice if he also authorized the funds to pay for these agents.

And still his tax cut should be made permanent. Make sense to you?