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Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by David9176
The tea party is affiliated with the Republican party, and by doing what they are doing....not only are they showing a lack of being able to lead....but a lack of compromise and saneness.
The GOP tries to affiliate itself with the Tea Party. And sticking to your principles is a true test of leadership. Leaders don't compromise, they don't waffle and negotiate.
And yet, I'm a registered independent.
Independent voters are not going to vote for a party that can't even seem to govern itself...let alone the country.
Hmmm.
I WANT them to have a deadlock. I WANT the US to default, for the two parties to collapse, for the whole thing to melt down.
Sarah Palin sent a warning to freshman Republicans on Thursday not to forget the promises made to voters in 2010, adding her outsized voice to the flurry of last-minute arm-twisting before a key debt ceiling vote in the House.
In a post on her Facebook page from "proverbial politico flyover country," the former Alaska governor reprinted a letter she sent to newly elected members last fall, emphasizing the need to "rein in out-of-control government spending" and "check the growth of spending on our entitlement programs."
www.latimes.com...
"I respectfully ask these GOP Freshman to re-read this letter and remember us 'little people' who believed in them, donated to their campaigns, spent hours tirelessly volunteering for them, and trusted them with our votes. This new wave of public servants may recall that they were sent to D.C. for such a time as this," Palin wrote.
The message does not include marching orders for the proposal offered by House Speaker John A. Boehner that is on the floor Thursday. But Palin has said recently she was not convinced that a fiscal doomsday was imminent if the debt ceiling was not raised by Aug. 2.
Originally posted by David9176
reply to post by Stormdancer777
I always get a kick out of Sarah Palin when she makes these comments.
She taxed the oil companies in Alaska and had them cut checks to every Alaskan citizen. (last I heard there some in the state were trying to end it). That's her legacy in Alaska....the one "good" thing many people believe she did...yet it's the exact opposite of what comes out of her mouth today.
She's all about staying in the spotlight to make money as there is no way in hell she will ever hold any type of public office again.
Get it over with. There will be 5-10 very hard years but guess what? Unless we get it over with its going to be worse and longer and more nightmarish down the road. Better take our lumps here.
Who cares about Sarah...I thought this thread was about the dept. Or the Tea party
Originally posted by David9176
reply to post by SeekingAlpha
We need to change our trade policies...it's killing us....along with the wars and tax breaks that were never accounted for.
But it's the trade policies the most.
They increase tariffs, it's instant revenue, and at the same time will encourage job growth here as a new business can now make something and sell it cheaper than someone importing.
Will it makes prices at wal mart go up? Absolutely...but IMO it's the only true answer to fixing the problem...and so far neither party will touch it...although a few do support ending free trade.
Will it makes prices at wal mart go up?
Originally posted by SeekingAlpha
Here in lies the problem folks.
We make nothing here in the US on a macro scale.
Our economy is soley based on consumption and spending.
Although we desperately need to cut spending, doing so would equate to stalling out the economy again. Thus, we will have a repeat of 2008-2009 within the next year if spending is cut.
We could potentally get slammed on two fronts. A cut in spending and a downgrade in our debt rating. Hope all of you are out of the stock market.
In sum, what most conservatives cannot grasp is that in order to improve the economy, more money needs to be in circulation and not by the form of tax cuts for the upper 1%. With the consumption based economy we have, cutting spending would no doubt hurt our economy for some time.
Tough pills to swallow everyone. This is one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't situations. I blame voodoo economics for the mess we are in today.
Nope. Can't do that. You start adding tarriffs and you start a large scale economic trade war. Not only that, the rich would never go for it because they make their money over seas.