tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post4677195625113939816..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: GOP No-Fly Zone for Lame DucksROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-53063381842854938562010-12-02T18:57:56.207-05:002010-12-02T18:57:56.207-05:00Amen, Charles. I could not have said it better my...Amen, Charles. I could not have said it better myself. The nation got it wrong this past election. We don't need more Republicans in office giving voice to more stupid antics. <br /><br />What most of these self-styled pundits don't understand is that the President and the congress have very little impact on the economy. The economy is driven by businesses and consumers. Business screwed up this economy.So to bad mouth Obama makes no sense.<br /><br />What I would like somebody to do is compare the legislative accomplishments during the first two years of Obama term with the accomplishments of the last 7 elected presidents. I wage we would have to go back to LBJ to find as many legislative accomplishments.hkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296312618266909443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-9751758711092576872010-12-02T12:57:24.371-05:002010-12-02T12:57:24.371-05:00Right wing budget hawks must have either mass amne...Right wing budget hawks must have either mass amnesia or an unbelievably wicked sense of irony.<br /><br />How can you overlook the massive deficits created by W's pet war projects and unfunded tax cuts, while completely ignoring the unbelievable stagnation in our economy's growth during that time? Do these people think that those big wars and big no-bid contracts to former business associates are free? Do they know that Clinton left office with a surplus that was squandered by a Republican legislature and executive? Do they know that Obama's big tax-and-spend health care bill is actually a massive deficit buster in the long run? Do they understand that conservative Republicans were the first to suggest cap-and-trade? Do they know that under Elizabeth Warren's watch Bush's much maligned $700 billion TARP program wound up costing $25 billion? Don't they read the writings of every respectable economist (really everyone from Alan Greenspan to Paul Krugman)lambasting of the Bush tax cuts as an economic growth agent? <br /><br />At least the blogging conservative cognoscenti have to be aware of these realities (everyone from Sarah Palin to "allahpundit" are self-declared experts on the intricacies of monetary policy these days). And yet, when it comes to unbelievably centrist compromise on this issue they take the hard line. One would figure that the Very Serious People on the right side of the isle who made such a stink about the deficit and national debt rising would be able to get it together for once on this one.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09580562379260382574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-85067757564715367342010-12-01T23:18:45.986-05:002010-12-01T23:18:45.986-05:00Amazing.
First of all, these aren't 'tax ...Amazing.<br /><br />First of all, these aren't 'tax cuts'. They merely preserve taxes at their current level instead of stupidly raising them during a recession.<br /><br />Second, the income levels of 'the Rich' include pass through gross income from small businesses and entrepreneurs...you know, the people that hire and invest. Not everyone can work for the government.<br /><br />Third, it amazes me that after watching Obama quadruple the deficit and gift billions in tax dollars to his political allies on Wall Street and the unions that any sane person with even a basic knowledge of economics would want to enable him to spend even more while raising taxes.<br /><br />It's bad enough that he's upping the ante by weakening our currency..ask Argentina about how well that works.<br /><br />The Republicans, if they're smart, will 'work' with Obama and his Leftist minions by giving their schemes the same attention, politeness and consideration Obama and his friends gave to the GOP for the last two years.<br /><br />Since Barack Hussein Obama obviously has no sense of fiscal or political responsibility but still wields a veto pen, the best chance for our economy to ultimately recover is for th enew Congress to stalemate him and his agenda completely until he's removed from office.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.com