Finally, some compassionate conservatism

After 4+ years of what's amounted to an orgy of redistributing money from the federal treasury into the hands of wealthy people, President Bush last night proposed plans to trim Social Security benefits on wealthy and middle-income retirees while increasing benefits for low-income workers.

While the Democrats are piling on Bush for sticking it to the middle class, this clipmonkey feels compelled to give the man some credit. For the first time in his presidency, he seems to be demonstrating fiscal responsibility and concern for the poor at the same time.

Way to go President Bush, hopefully he will succeed in this effort AND cost his party the majority in Congress!