"""Maybe he warned us about "free" drugs for seniors and more federal dollars for the educrats, but did he have to sign that sickening roast pork casserole the highway bill? Or the anti-trade steel tariffs?""
Im confused, seems like most here on FR would approve of Bush's steel tariff, which by the way expired over 2 years ago...are you still angry over Reagan's quotas on japaneses motorcycles
I can't speak for most Freepers, but I'm not a protectionist. Yes, the tariffs are gone, thankfully, due to disloyal Republicans who put up a huge stink about it. I'm not angry about that, but I'm still disappointed, as I thought it revealed a faith by the president in big government economic manipulation that I hadn't expected. I don't remember the motorcycle tariffs, but I doubt I would have supported domestic producers over consumers then, either.