Mitt Romney's VP pick . . . PAUL RYAN!!
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Just heard him give a speech - I love this guy. He's a policy wonk and can go toe to toe with anyone over the numbers, but more importantly - the guy has passion. He not only makes the economic case, he does something that Mitt Romney doesn't - he makes the moral case - for American Exceptionalism, for fiscal sanity, for asserting American values without shame. You can hear in his voice that he actually believes what he says when he talks about what he wants to do. It's gonna be a good election with him in the mix.
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http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12128/04-05-ryan_letter.pdf
Liberal Debtocrats continue to chant this same mantra: "tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for the rich". They seem so hypnotized by this foolish phrase that they completely miss these three obvious points:
1) Their party, in addition to extending the tax cuts, has been bouncing multi billion dollar checks made out to the wealthy for the last three years ... not just tax cuts -- checks ... rubber checks which my great grandchildren will have to make good on.
2) The wealthy do not pay tax. They simply pass it on to the working man. Do you actually think for a moment that the resplendent CEO of Megabucks International is gonna give up his trophy wife, his mistress, or his club membership; his Jag, Bentley or Lear; his homes in Vail, West Palm, or the Hamptons; or any one of his yachts, just to pay a tax? Get a grip. He'll raise the price or raise the vig or skimp the ingredients or invent a new fee or buy another senator. Face it, the rich man is not going to move into the trailer park next to you. All tax falls on the ordinary working man and woman. As does debt.
3) Envy of the greedy is also greed.
We need a third party. We need less government.
If you believe that “trickle down” economics ever has, or if you want to see Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, and the rest of our social safety net pretty much gutted and or eliminated (including the minimum wage), while the Federal Government panders to the "needs" of Wall St, and for the private sector to continue to hemorrhage jobs to slave wage countries, or to see the establishment of prevailing slave wages in the US, while taxes on the 99% go up so that the 1% can get another tax cut, then the R & R Railroad will be the train to ride.
By the way, the Catholic Church has had something to say about the "morality" of the Ryan Budget, and it was not flattering to Mr. Ryan.
Everything you describe, trickle down bailouts, gutting the social safety net, pandering to Wall Street, hemorrhaging jobs, tax hikes on the 99%, all of these are hallmarks of the present regime. Nor is there any hope the other guy would turn it around. Subtract what the glib incumbent says. Look at what he does. Surrounds himself with plutocrats, cuts checks to plutocrats, now he's running against a plutocrat. Where's the choice in that? Stop listening to the man. Look at what he does. Which of the five men pictured below borrowed on my grand children's credit to ensure big bonuses for banksters?
Obamanomics has been a spectacular flop. Nor is the stock swindler much of an alternative.
We need good government! not less or more, just good govt. If you want less government live in Somalia, they have less government. There's never going to be a perfect candidate, but it's up to the people of this country to really learn what the hell is going on and how our government works. I mean you have wackos out there protesting for corporations and against their own best interest, such as the case with them having signs saying get your govt hands off my medicare and social security! But yet they don't really protest things such as going into Iraq (those were liberals by and large), fracking, wall street bailouts, and other things associated with screwing up our country. I heard Romney spewing at a speech that the democrats want to cut 700 billion from medicare, but what he left out was it was from Part D which is a "for profit" addition that the GOP pushed through when they ran congress. So by omitting that, the people at his speech were cheering him, it's misguided. That's just an example.
btw what obamanomics? We have much the same type system as we have had since reagan. There hasn't been crappola done to fix anything, blame that on congress more than anything and we as a people who vote for people who "now" are essentially bought into their job thanks to their corporate donors. I think that if you run for congress you get a certain amount and that is it, everyone gets the same amount as with the senate and the president. That way it would be a fair fight.
By far and away the most delusional statement I have heard in a long time. Thanks. That one's a gem.
http://www.opm.gov/feddata/historicaltables/totalgovernmentsince1962.asp
You need to look further then just the front page of your favorite newspaper to get the facts. IF Obama is doing the things you claim? Then he is following in the path of those who came before him and when they were doing it... Republicans were all smiles. Politics is such a contortionist sport isn't it?
This is the biggest reason for many of us to no longer participate in the political discussions. Some people take it so personally that it is impossible to hold a conversation with them. Name calling, and putting others idea's down as stupid, or out of touch or whatever, is never going to help acheive a healthy discussion.
Once again, Rip, I think you're 'right on' with your comments. Thank you.....
Catfish, I wasnt trying to tell you to leave (in case JDH or others thought that), but seriously....whats the point of sticking around or debating if you are saying govt. is too large and then you are shown the size of govt. is smaller than almost ever-----and you dont even want to hear it? If you wanted to say govt.'s scope is larger than ever, I could hear this argument a little more openly. However, there is plenty of unbiased sources to show this isnt the truth either, if youre willing to be open minded in your research.