Well, the president is personally popular. Pity the fool who paid for a poll to figure that out. Folks like him. He's got an easy demeanor. He's a great orator. His campaign was based on change and hope. He's young. He's cool. He's hip. He's got a good looking family. What's not to like? He's got all the qualities America likes in a celebrity, so, of course he is popular. There's only one problem. He's taking us in the wrong direction and bankrupting our country. Were it not for that little detail, I'd be a big fan too. This popular politician who is our president is engaged in the most massive expansion of the old industrial age model of government that our country has ever seen. This popular politician is spending America into debt of such mammoth proportions that none of us can even begin to calculate it or really understand it. The numbers are so big that they seem impossible.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Steele this
Michael Steele absolutely nailed it in this speech. He articulated a clear concise message painting how and why to take on the Obama Administration. Congratulations Chairman Steele for an outstanding speech! Hat Tip Hot Air
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One might point out that the banking crisis/housing bubble that made the deficits so huge happened on Mssr's Greenspan, Bush and Cheney's watch. In addition, Bush/Rumsfeld took us into two wars that they thought we didn't need any new taxes to pay for and for all of the years of those wars wouldn't even put the cost into the normal budget channels. To start whining about deficits now is a bit disingenuous wouldn't you say?
I am a deficit hawk and I wouldn't have bailed out the banking industry the way Timmy and obambi did - I would have let the government take them over if necessary, fired the people in charge (with no golden parachutes allowed) and reopened them under new ownership but it was necessary to get credit flowing again. I think my method would have cost less in the both the short and long term and the bailors( ie me and other tax payers would have had some of the up side ) and the the bailees ( ie the bankers and people who made the mess in the first place would have suffered the most).
So none of the deficits created thus far have been to put forth a liberal agenda as you imply. The stimulus package would have been another tired round of tax cuts for the uber rich had the Bush/Cheney team been still been in charge but it would have been just as big.
bornagaindem
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