Letter: Bush cannot justify tax cuts

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Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 | 9:08 a.m.

Now the Republicans in Congress and the Bush administration want to impose a co-payment for home health care in Medicare. They say it will stop the "unnecessary use" of the program.

Of course, the Republican definition of "unnecessary use" is anything that benefits those who are elderly, poor or sick. There is an adverse connection between President Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts in Medicare (a co-payment is a cut in benefits) and other programs for the poor and elderly.

After throwing the budget into bone-crushing deficits, the Republicans don't have a leg to stand on when trying to justify any of the tax cuts. What's happening now is just a preview of what will happen if Bush is re-elected.

DANIEL F. OLIVIER