Bush To Cities: Drop Dead!

"As its name implies, HUD is the federal agency that tends primarily to the needs of cities (although it also helps build houses and infrastructure in rural areas). And part of the problem is that the Bush administration is not especially enthusiastic about cities or the people who live in them; in November John Kerry took 54 percent of the urban vote and 60 percent of the vote in America's big cities. Also the increasingly expensive Iraq war combined with expansive tax cuts means there's less money to spend on domestic programs. Necessities such as housing and infrastructure have suddenly become luxuries..."

Thanks to Julie Taraska