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I think the reason liberals seem to hate anyone who disagrees with them is due to their overwhelming arrogance in believing that their solution is the only one that can possibly be right. Remember the slogan from the 60s "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem"? What they really meant was "if you don't think my solution is the only one that could possibly work then you aren't worth listening to".

Why is it that the government rarely institutes any program with a pilot first to see if it actually works? Why is it that when programs that don't work are instituted the blame for them not working is always that they're underfunded?

In the business world if a program proves to be ineffective it is killed and the funding is used for something else. In the fantasy land that is the government, if a program is ineffective then it's expanded and given more funds. It then develops a constituancy that has it's entire existance wrapped up in lobbying to continue the program and increase it's funding. No matter how outdated or useless the program may be.

Here are some examples of existing federal programs:

The Rural Electrification Administration was created in 1935 to help local utility companies bring electricity to rural areas. In 1949, REA's mission was expanded, with the assistance of Congress, to provide loans to rural telephone companies. REA continues today as part of the new Rural Utilities Service created by the Clinton Administration and the 103rd Congress. The new agency will give grants and loans to improve rural water and sewer service as well.

The Export-Import Bank was created in 1934 to finance exports to Russia. Today, the bank backs some $18 billion per year in cheap credit to major corporations such as Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas, and General Electric. In the 60 years since its creation, the Export-Import Bank has lost $8 billion on its operations -- practically all of it in the last 15 years.

The National Fertilizer Development Center, built as a munitions factory during World War I, was converted into a fertilizer plant and given to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the early 1930s. Fearing Congress would close it down, this obsolete program then reinvented itself and changed its name to the TVA Environmental Research Center as a way to chase federal research dollars. The 104th Congress, however, finally began taking steps to close this unnecessary program.

I think we're in partial agreement on the immigration issue. Mexicans should not be given special treatment. All illegals who have been paying taxes for 3 or more years should be given green cards and have the opportunity to apply for citizenship after the appropriate time. I don't care where they've come from, if they've been contributing their hard earned wages into the local/state/federal coffers then they should be legal.

Why is Bush singling Mexicans out? If you can't figure that out then you have to be either stupid or incredibly naive. The hispanic minority in this country is the fastest growing minority, and their voting loyalties have not been as firmly assigned as black loyalties are. "W" would love to wrap them up for the GOP the same way the black vote is wrapped up for the Dems, but I'm sure he'd be very happy if he could just split their vote 50-50.