"Today, America's children do not have a political action committee
or influential lobbyists, or even a vote. They are dependent instead upon our integrity and our conscience.
"Forget class warfare: This is generational warfare by the mature
upon the defenseless young whom we profess to love. Let it not be said of us that we were unable to forego just one more tax
break for millionaires to give our own kids a fairer and brighter future."
WASHINGTON (Creators Syndicate) --President George W. Bush was,
to recall an earlier construction of his from the campaign, "unequivocable" when he said, "We will not deny, we will not ignore,
we will not pass along our problems to other Congresses, other presidents, other generations."
That may all turn out to be true about occupying downtown Baghdad, filling Grandpa's Viagra prescription and even driving
a hydrogen-powered car. But on one important "problem" -- that of who will pay for the administration's ambitious agenda --
the burden and the bill, make no mistake, are being passed directly to the next generation. ...
Mark Shields, nationally known columnist and commentator, is the moderator of CNN's The Capital Gang
Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/03/column.shields.opinion.children
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