Stamford Advocate
To the editor:
In the Sunday Advocate, staff writer Neil Vigdor wrote of the "president's mixed legacy."
Quoting a Greenwich resident, he writes: "Bush has been handicapped by a slew of challenges starting with the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, continuing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and ending with a crippling recession."
Sept. 11 was going to happen regardless of who was in office. Bin Laden and his terrorist organization were determined to cause havoc in our country. Going after him in Afghanistan was justifiable. The country was behind the president 100 percent. But I'm not so sure if another president would have gone into Iraq.
As Mr. Vigdor wrote, Bush never vetoed a budget. As president, he could have demanded more transparency. He should have said "no" to the bailouts, and still, regulation and transparency were non-existent as the money was being doled out.
Tax cuts during a time of war are not a well-grounded policy. The national debt has doubled. And what of all the earmarks and pork-barrel spending that was allowed to continue during a crisis?
Katrina! Corruption! Lobbyists! Partisanship! No, we can't blame one person for the challenges we have faced, and those we will undoubtedly face, but one person could have made a difference.
Mario Salvatore
Stamford
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