Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ron Paul’s Economic Plan: Cut 5 Cabinet Agencies, Cut Taxes, Cut President’s Pay
WSJ ^ | 110/17/11 | Danny Yadron

Posted on 10/17/2011 12:09:28 PM PDT by Bokababe

GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul will unveil his economic plan Monday afternoon, calling for a lower corporate tax rate, cutting spending by $1 trillion during his first year in office and eliminating five cabinet-level agencies, including the Education Department, according to excerpts released to Washington Wire.......

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: economicplan; elimate5agencies; notanut; nut; ronpaul
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-114 next last
To: READINABLUESTATE

No problem.


41 posted on 10/17/2011 12:55:34 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: Bokababe

Why does Ron Paul wear fake eyebrows?


42 posted on 10/17/2011 12:55:47 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rick Perry's 2012 campaign is Fred Thompson v2.0)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: newzjunkey; Servant of the Cross

I searched before I posted it.

Unfortunately, sometimes it seems the quickest way to find an article is to post and be told it’s a duplicate.


43 posted on 10/17/2011 12:59:45 PM PDT by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: NautiNurse
Why does Ron Paul wear fake eyebrows?

Why do you wear panties on your head?

What the hell kind of question is that supposed to be on an article about an economic plan?

44 posted on 10/17/2011 1:02:14 PM PDT by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: dragnet2
Why do you find that interesting?

Perhaps because it's the Wall Street Journal?

Cut the government. Cut all public service workers, but particularly reduce the police force nationally, state-wide, and locally.

45 posted on 10/17/2011 1:06:45 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Bokababe

A desperation move from a nutcase candidate.


46 posted on 10/17/2011 1:09:23 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bokababe

Lots of the time Ron Paul sounds nuts but then sometimes he comes across as eminently sane. This is a moment of sanity and brilliance.


47 posted on 10/17/2011 1:20:15 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bokababe

I don’t necessarily like cutting politician wages to the bone because it makes it so people who aren’t of independent means can’t afford to take the job. Of course, pay should be watched, and the President’s salary is probably too high, but he is supposed to pay for his and his families meals, clothing, school, medical insurance etc. out of that. They are supposed to have to pay for meals unless it’s business.


48 posted on 10/17/2011 1:22:49 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: org.whodat

“Boner and the rinos just crap in his bloomers.”

Yep, the big government Republican establishment boys are not going to like this.


49 posted on 10/17/2011 1:23:09 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn ( White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Georgia Girl 2

A huge start towards returning to the Republic would be cutting Cabinet departments back to the original four. Then don’t keep the other agencies around as less-than-Cabiner-level. Eliminate them. Fire everybody in them.


50 posted on 10/17/2011 1:27:12 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Brookhaven
Paul though, has bought the Libertarian platform whole hog.

Paul *IS* a Libertarian, though he runs on the republican ticket, if I'm not mistaken. His last run for President was on the Libertarian ticket, and his supporters are all Libertarians. His son, the Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Rand Paul, is a Libertarian. I love Libertarians, and I think we could do far worse than having one for President, but Dr. Paul is not the one. Rand maybe.

51 posted on 10/17/2011 1:31:05 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Redbob
A desperation move from a nutcase candidate.

Sound like a line from the Perry camp.

He's a nutcase for calling for 1 trillion in government spending? ..A sign desperation?...Never mind he's absolutely right.....I mean, who cares if tens of millions now unemployed, tens of millions lost their homes businesses, careers, investments, while being forced to bail out big gov, fatcorps and the banks, with the corrupt in government still giving tens of billions for foreign countries, as they dump tens of millions of low wage illegals in our laps.

Who cares about corrupt government shoving us into a 14 trillion dollar black hole. All the while government winks and nods at exporting tens of hundreds of thousands of American jobs to low wage never never chicom land...Lets just ignore all this and choose a business as usual government politician...Lets not upset the apple cart.

52 posted on 10/17/2011 1:32:57 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Bokababe
I don't wear panties on my head. What does that have to do with Ron Paul's fake eyebrows?

Why does a man so obsessed with truth succumb to false eyebrows? Why did his campaign proffer a lame excuse about allergies?

I'm not the only one who was distracted by Ron Paul's drooping fake eyebrow during the last debate. The brown hairy creeper obscured his talking points.

53 posted on 10/17/2011 1:34:36 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rick Perry's 2012 campaign is Fred Thompson v2.0)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: ichabod1
I don’t necessarily like cutting politician wages to the bone because it makes it so people who aren’t of independent means can’t afford to take the job

What??

To sit at a desk, talk on the phone and look at paper work? How is it possible people can work 40 hours a week at a 9 or 12 dollar an hour jobs, but can't be politicians because the can't afford it? How are they doing it now?

The more well off can still run for office, but should be paid close to minimum wage for the privilege of serving the people. Ya got a problem with that?

54 posted on 10/17/2011 1:40:48 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: Bokababe

This is nice but I do not want to convert to Islam. Paul ignores the threat of Islam.


55 posted on 10/17/2011 1:42:43 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: IbJensen

That’s what is so scary. He says Iran is not threat and if we’re only nice to Muslims, they will be nice to us.


56 posted on 10/17/2011 1:44:50 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Beelzebubba

I like it except for a couple of items:

1) Foreign aid; although I agree it needs to be looked at honestly I do believe it is also a sort of ‘help’ to certain countries that keeps them somewhat dependent on the US thus keeping the ‘enemy’ whomever that may be out.

2) Foreign wars; there are enemies out there and they need to feel the heat of American firepower from time to time. Sitting in a corner with our eye, ears, and mouths shut only opens us up to another 9/11 style attack.

Ok and 3) The President is the leader of our Nation and of the free world and therefore should receive just a tad more then the common man. Besides, his salary is superficial anyway since everything he does and everywhere he goes is on the government’s dime. Unless he’s campaigning then it’s on the campaign donor’s dime.


57 posted on 10/17/2011 1:47:37 PM PDT by thatjoeguy (Wind is just air, but pushier.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

I love the idea of eliminating these agencies but I still can’t past Paul’s comments about Iran and Islam. He is totally naive.


58 posted on 10/17/2011 1:47:54 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Conservativegreatgrandma
Crapola...The U.S., our economy, our borders, sovereignty, our standard of living etc,..Our entire country is broke ands circling the GD drain, but what about Iran?

lol...

Another comment from the Perry camp?

We could bounce Iran off the lunar surface and back if we wanted...Get real.

59 posted on 10/17/2011 1:50:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: dragnet2

No, we’ll wait until they bounce us off first. I agree with everything else about Paul.


60 posted on 10/17/2011 1:54:35 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-114 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson