Bush ($): My suggestion would be that they revisit the process by which they spend gasoline money in the first place...From my perspective, the way it seems to have worked is that each member on that committee gets to set his or her own priority first, and then what's ever left over is spent to a funding formula. That's not the right way to prioritize the people's money...And, if bridges are a priority, let's make sure we set that priority first and foremost, before we raise taxes. To Bush, the nation can have only a fixed number priorities, a number to remain unchanged even in the face of new challenges. And with each massive tax cut for the rich, that number has to be revised downward. It's either we fix bridges or we secure our ports; we either prepare for an avian flu epidemic or we educate children; we either give veterans health care or we rebuild New Orleans. Heaven forbid we, as a nation, deem all of these things worthy of accomplishing, and heaven forbid we believe they should be paid for.