Posted on 11/06/2008 3:55:21 AM PST by Nateman
I knew this country was in trouble after McCain won the California primary , but I also had great hopes after Republicans got control of the congress under Clinton. They kept the promises of their contract then dropped the ball and went back to pork as usual. Why not a new contract that fixes the problem at its source: federal spending?
Imagine Republicans getting together at all levels, state and federal, and hammering out a proposed constitutional amendment which freezes the budget until it is balanced then keeps the budget frozen until income tax can be limited forevermore to some fixed amount? (I like 0 % myself, which it was for the first century ) Imagine putting that and other fiscal restrictions and so on in writing (unfounded mandates comes to mind).All these would be office holders then sign it, pledging that if elected this is what they would enact . I think it would become a huge rallying force that would not only throw the RATS out but make it much harder for them to buy the votes of our enemies in the future. (Should, heaven forbid!, they ever get power again.)
Other changes could be debated too but get it all out there in writing so it becomes a national referendum. The great thing about this is a president can do squat about it. Such things are within the power of Congress and the State houses alone. It would not only get control of the House but eventually the Senate if the RATS kept fighting it, and I have no doubt they would do so.
Sign me up...
We had a choice between democrat and democrat-lite . Given a real choice I believe we can win again.
Another unread vanity post.
True, they sure have peed on the last one, how about a road through your private development former Mr. Speaker.
No, the Constitution does not specifically reference a balanced budget or a specific tax system, but the part about a limited Federal gubmint should be a huge clue to anyone willing to pay attention to it....
you still need more specifics. The biggest problem is that most americans just don’t care about the constitution anymore.
We need a Contrat WITH America and a Contract ON the Democrat Party and the leftist Media lapdogs who serve it.
Lots of crying and gnashing of teeth getting posted but how many actually offering up a plan? When I did a similar post many years ago it was ignored. Folks are ready for it now.
Impossible.
More than half the people want the government to take care of them.
The rest want the government to just leave them alone.
I think if the truth was known about how many Freepers get government benefits, it would choke a horse.
I sense that conservitives are going to do major house cleaning by working to go back to their roots by modeling after Reagan.
Yep, that, and an utter lack of historical perspective. On both counts I place the fault at the feet of the gubmint indoctrination centers, er, uh, I mean publik skools....
“constitution doesn’t say anything about a balanced budget or what the tax system should look like”
I know what a balanced budget is, I would hope those that are elected would also.
Tax system, there should be no tax system. /s
I understand that govt needs operating cash but present tax system is a bit broken.
The conservitves have to do it alone, away from the GOP. It has become Dems lite.
The constitution had an amendment added to it that gave the federal government free reign to take all the income it desires, no limit. They promised it would be tiny it order to pass it but it has been like a cancerous growth on this great nation and we got a taste of just how bad that tumor is November 4th. Time to cure the cancer , not just elect another smiling face.
Prohibition was a mistake and then undone. The Income tax needs a similar cure.
Hey,Jim Robinson,what do you think about adding the ability to vote comments and stories up and down?
What do the folks think?
I really wish to click up for this story,many times.
This would after some time give us a clear picture of what folks are thinking?
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Liberty Project
Project Liberty
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For right here,right now I hope there will be vocal and active support for the aptly named
Project Leper
Outing and casting into oblivion the dirty,scum sucking, cowardly, traitors from inside McCain’s campaign who are attacking Palin.
See here:
http://choosethehero.com/mccain-palin-updates/operation-leper
The lovely and serious Michelle Malkin is on this case,so it is going to move,I would say:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/05/the-mccain-campaigns-classless-cowards/
I am both angry and disappointed about this.
The basic Ignorance of Mr Reagan’s first rule,to start.
Plus it is further proof of the depth of Mr McCain’s
failure.
To have people of this low character around him,to lose control of this the way he did...?
I am angry and disappointed,and
I want some proverbial blood on the floor.
Public excoriation and humiliation
for these people is in order.
Cheer up ! I read it.
Need to change his mind or change him.
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