Ramirez — still helping millionaires.He wants to keep tax breaks for the benefit of the radical rich, and services like education and safety nets very small, never mind how it will affet the poor people. Only the wealthy are important, right Michael?
The Republicans proposed NO specific spending cuts, because they can’t find any. There isn’t enough waste to cut any more, except in defense. Taxes have to go up, and if we want to get out of this economic slump, we need more stimulative spending. It turns out that when more Americans get to work, it’s good for the economy and reduces debt. The past twelve years have proved that vast tax cuts on the wealthy do very little to create jobs, while government spending on infrastructure and education is quite effective.
This national debt is courtesy of the Bush tax cuts & 2 wars that had no funding. There is not a lot of fat left to cut so unless the rich start paying their fair share the middle class & poor are going to get screwed AGAIN.
“Awwww….. the weight of O’s spending is on the unborn. Another reason to outlaw abortion so the little fetuses can grow up to become slaves to repaying O’s deficit.”
You purport to being a conservative. It truly amazes me how you think you are doing your cause any good by posting many of the comments you do. Not only are they illogical, they are offensive and do nothing but detract from your party’s credibility. I am a Libertarian and view the republican party’s view on social issues as still being stuck in the stone age. Your comments do little to alter that image…
Of course there is waste in government outside of the military. Here are a few ways to save (courtesy of Warren Buffer):1. Eliminate the retirement plans for the House and Senate. Let them rely on Social Security and the deductions from their paychecks, just like everyone else.2. Eliminate the government-supported health benefits for the House and Senate. Let them buy health insurance on the open market, just like everyone else.3. Make all of the children of House and Senate members attend public schools.4. When the House and Senate miss budget deadlines, stop their paychecks, with no retroactive payments when they finally do pass budgets.
Then when they finally get around to dealing with the budget, we’ll see how many of them really want to gut social programs.
“The dems are criminals ,the republicans are morons.”
Actually what both parties have done to the economy and the deficits is criminal. Bush spent like a drunken sailor and Obama has followed suit. All the political partisan talking points aside, things are not improving, regardless of who you want to blame. From David Axelrod:
“When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.” (1)
Considering that we are 8 years down the line and the deficit is 16 trillion, I don’t see where any positive changes have been made. Finger pointing is idiotic at this point and most of the rhetoric from both parties has the maturity level of middle school. If we could I would dump the whole lot of them and start over. Congress is full of dinosaurs and they are totally out of touch with reality. The president has contributed to the divisiveness and shown a total lack of leadership. It may have won him the last election but it split the country. We are now so divided a country nobody will even sit down and talk these issues out and even try to come to an equitable settlement. The democrats are standing firm on “we won, so it’s our way.” The republicans are so bereft of leadership they can’t even provide a united front. In the meantime, we are 16 trillion in debt, much of it held by people who would be thrilled to see our economy fail. The only reason they don’t call in our debt is they still need us to buy their stuff. Thanks for letting me share. I’m done for the day!
Gary Johnson for President 2016. There, now I made this a partisan rant…
(1) David Axelrod on Friday, January 15th, 2010 in an op-ed in the Washington Post.
The speech was about children being shot.The debt is another issue.Putting them together like Ramirez did is a lie and uncharitable at this time of year.-It’s not going to be less of a lie or more charitable after a month or the next mass shooting, whichever comes first.
The cumulative national debt has only gotten out of hand in the last 31 years. It was $1 trillion debt in Sep 1981, so all of the Presidents, Houses and Senates before 1980 didn’t spend much more than they took in. Both parties are to blame for the mess.
Regarding government redundancy, is there no overlap between the military, CIA and DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security)?
From Wikipedia (regarding DHS), “The Washington Post has reported that there are 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that are working on counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence, and that the intelligence community as a whole includes 854,000 people who hold top-secret clearances”.
Also from Wikipedia (regarding DHS): “…The 38-acre (15 ha) site, across from American University, has 32 buildings comprising 566,000 square feet (52,600 m2) of administrative space.40 In early 2007, the Department submitted a $4.1 billion plan to Congress to consolidate its 60-plus Washington-area offices into a single headquarters complex …”
Think about this for a moment. We’ve been paying for all of this. Do we want all of it? Are we willing to continue paying for all of it?
ninety_nine_percent over 11 years ago
Ramirez — still helping millionaires.He wants to keep tax breaks for the benefit of the radical rich, and services like education and safety nets very small, never mind how it will affet the poor people. Only the wealthy are important, right Michael?
ARodney over 11 years ago
The Republicans proposed NO specific spending cuts, because they can’t find any. There isn’t enough waste to cut any more, except in defense. Taxes have to go up, and if we want to get out of this economic slump, we need more stimulative spending. It turns out that when more Americans get to work, it’s good for the economy and reduces debt. The past twelve years have proved that vast tax cuts on the wealthy do very little to create jobs, while government spending on infrastructure and education is quite effective.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 11 years ago
This national debt is courtesy of the Bush tax cuts & 2 wars that had no funding. There is not a lot of fat left to cut so unless the rich start paying their fair share the middle class & poor are going to get screwed AGAIN.
Mickey 13 over 11 years ago
“Awwww….. the weight of O’s spending is on the unborn. Another reason to outlaw abortion so the little fetuses can grow up to become slaves to repaying O’s deficit.”
You purport to being a conservative. It truly amazes me how you think you are doing your cause any good by posting many of the comments you do. Not only are they illogical, they are offensive and do nothing but detract from your party’s credibility. I am a Libertarian and view the republican party’s view on social issues as still being stuck in the stone age. Your comments do little to alter that image…
Marty Z over 11 years ago
Of course there is waste in government outside of the military. Here are a few ways to save (courtesy of Warren Buffer):1. Eliminate the retirement plans for the House and Senate. Let them rely on Social Security and the deductions from their paychecks, just like everyone else.2. Eliminate the government-supported health benefits for the House and Senate. Let them buy health insurance on the open market, just like everyone else.3. Make all of the children of House and Senate members attend public schools.4. When the House and Senate miss budget deadlines, stop their paychecks, with no retroactive payments when they finally do pass budgets.
Then when they finally get around to dealing with the budget, we’ll see how many of them really want to gut social programs.
Mickey 13 over 11 years ago
“The dems are criminals ,the republicans are morons.”
Actually what both parties have done to the economy and the deficits is criminal. Bush spent like a drunken sailor and Obama has followed suit. All the political partisan talking points aside, things are not improving, regardless of who you want to blame. From David Axelrod:
“When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.” (1)
Considering that we are 8 years down the line and the deficit is 16 trillion, I don’t see where any positive changes have been made. Finger pointing is idiotic at this point and most of the rhetoric from both parties has the maturity level of middle school. If we could I would dump the whole lot of them and start over. Congress is full of dinosaurs and they are totally out of touch with reality. The president has contributed to the divisiveness and shown a total lack of leadership. It may have won him the last election but it split the country. We are now so divided a country nobody will even sit down and talk these issues out and even try to come to an equitable settlement. The democrats are standing firm on “we won, so it’s our way.” The republicans are so bereft of leadership they can’t even provide a united front. In the meantime, we are 16 trillion in debt, much of it held by people who would be thrilled to see our economy fail. The only reason they don’t call in our debt is they still need us to buy their stuff. Thanks for letting me share. I’m done for the day!
Gary Johnson for President 2016. There, now I made this a partisan rant…
(1) David Axelrod on Friday, January 15th, 2010 in an op-ed in the Washington Post.Jason Allen over 11 years ago
Awwww….. the weight of O’s spending is on the unborn.Awwwww…. so was Bush’s, but you didn’t seem to care back then.
braindead Premium Member over 11 years ago
The speech was about children being shot.The debt is another issue.Putting them together like Ramirez did is a lie and uncharitable at this time of year.-It’s not going to be less of a lie or more charitable after a month or the next mass shooting, whichever comes first.
Marty Z over 11 years ago
The cumulative national debt has only gotten out of hand in the last 31 years. It was $1 trillion debt in Sep 1981, so all of the Presidents, Houses and Senates before 1980 didn’t spend much more than they took in. Both parties are to blame for the mess.
Regarding government redundancy, is there no overlap between the military, CIA and DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security)?
From Wikipedia (regarding DHS), “The Washington Post has reported that there are 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that are working on counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence, and that the intelligence community as a whole includes 854,000 people who hold top-secret clearances”.
Also from Wikipedia (regarding DHS): “…The 38-acre (15 ha) site, across from American University, has 32 buildings comprising 566,000 square feet (52,600 m2) of administrative space.40 In early 2007, the Department submitted a $4.1 billion plan to Congress to consolidate its 60-plus Washington-area offices into a single headquarters complex …”
Think about this for a moment. We’ve been paying for all of this. Do we want all of it? Are we willing to continue paying for all of it?
zekedog55 over 11 years ago
Here is a Howie type reply to Howie’s"That’s because you are a fat freeloader."comment to you—-
“Oh yeah? Well no crown ever made can fit YOUR fat head, Howie! Nyah-nyah…”
OK, Howie-how how…you may now return to decorating your sandbox…“Mr.” Ima will be by soon to play with you.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Republicans, be it Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, or Mr. Ima, love to prove they donn’t understand simple arithmatic.