Posted on 08/08/2010 4:58:41 AM PDT by 4buttons
Unfortunately, rather than make meaningful contributions to this conversation and bring solutions to the table, Democrats have attempted to win this debate by default. Relying on demagoguery and distortion, the left would prefer that entitlements – often labeled the “third rail” of American politics – remain untouchable, and the column by Paul Krugman of The New York Times is indicative of the partisan attacks leveled against the plan I’ve offered, a “Roadmap for America’s Future.”
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I don’t have a problem with Ryan’s plan, ESPECIALLY the part where he would reduce taxes to the upper one percent of wage earners by 50 percent and raise taxes on the other 95 percent of us.
First of all, the upper one percent of wage earners pay most of the damned taxes anyway, so who ELSE are you going to give a tax cut to?
And the other 95 percent paying THEIR full share? I’m down with that, too since right now, some 50 percent of wage earners aren’t paying ANYTHING!
Always have to read between the lines.
Thanks.
A bit more on the topic:
” ...Last night, a few of us were discussing Paul Krugman’s apparent erroneous belief that Paul Ryan should have gotten the CBO to score the revenue side of his plan, but didn’t because he was attempting to put one over on the American people. As far as I know, scoring tax bills is still the job of the Joint Committee on Taxation, not the CBO–but no one bothered to blog it because, as far as I can tell, we all assumed that we must be misreading Paul Krugman.
But no, I didn’t misread; Krugman has two follow-up posts on the topic. It seems as if he’s really not aware that the JCT, not the CBO, typically handles the official scoring of tax legislation; “CBO” is not, in any of the policy circles I’ve run in, some sort of shorthand for the JCT...”
Megan McArdle:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/08/krugman-is-wrong-on-ryan-and-the-cbo/61110/
I think Palin-Ryan would be a good choice for America
I like Palin, however, I think Palin is the Kiss of Death.
On e of the comments: “reducing taxes for the top 1% by 50% while raising taxes for 95% of the population” requires serious rebuttal.
While I’m not in favor of raising taxes in general, there is a puss-seeping wound in the American tax code that must be addressed. How in the mind of any reasonable citizen, is it right that about half of our working population pays NO INCOME TAXES!
And concurrently, these are the same folks that demand largess from the Government, swelling the bill for entitlements.
If you want to see heads explode, ask that question at a gathering of “progressives”.
I like Palin too. Doing what she is doing now. Firing up the troops, raising money, getting out the message, helping get conservative nominees for the party. That’s the perfect roll for her. She would probably make a good president. I don’t want her to run though, she will have to fight through too much negative press and spin and would ultimately lose, and we can’t afford that. We need a bright new face who is a solid conservative with a real plan without a lot of baggage who can take the fight to the enemy. I think Paul Ryan would we one option.
It was refreshing to see the way Ryan took on the Pres. during the meeting the Pres. had with the Republicans some months back.
The Kiss of Death for Obama’s re-election. I don’t see any other candidate we have with the power and appeal to win against him.
Ryan? One of the jerks that voted to stifle speech for so many days before an election???
I DON’T THINK SO!.
So what has been the response to this in WI? I haven’t seen any reaction to this in the media from there.
Therefore, this "list" is BS. He would NOT be voting on a State law, only Federal. Whoever wrote this doesn't know anything about State vs Federal office duties. Every single one of those on the list are WRONG!!!!!
The list is BS.
Well an oligarchy only exists when the top 10% of the country pays 70% of the taxes. They own the country. Thats why we the people have no standing to challenge their selection of a president
Agreed, I couldn’t figure out why most of these names were on the list since it was a state legislative bill.
Admittedly, I don’t know anything about the bill itself (I will look into it later), but when I saw the list, I knew the blog was BS. So I don’t know if the rest of the info is flawed or not.
Why isn’t this man running for president?
Go Paul. This man has done his homework. And there are good, well thought proposals in the plan. We HAVE to have the discussion, a point that Krugman dismisses out of hand and that Paul Ryan is trying to put forward. If the left continues to roadblock any and all discussion of the roadmap, we’ll never get out of the parking lot.
We were FORCED to try it their way, it hasn’t worked. Time to move in other directions.
More proof that the Stupid Party doesn't give a s--t.
Bravo. People need to understand basic government.
I've got news for you: Anyone the GOP runs will have to fight through too much negative press and spin.
Even the lame McCain, darling of the media, had negative press and spin once he became the GOP nominee. Even if lesser RINOs like Romney or Huckabee win the nomination, you can bet the family farm there will be a wealth of negative press and spin about them as well. The role of the enemedia is always to get the most leftward possible candidates nominated in each party, then support the most leftward possible candidate in the general election.
That is why, before the nominations are decided, the enemedia throwing a hissy fit about a candidate is a good sign, not a negative sign about the viability of any candidate who professes to be conservative.
A candidate who can handle such negativity and throw it back at the enemedia is a definite plus. So far, I don't see anyone out there who fits this description better than Sarah.
Whether Palin decides to run hasn’t been decided. But to fear negative press as a reason says that they’ve already won. I’m in no way willing to cede that.
Further, I think people are fed up with the media and their role in politics..especially after the last Presidential election and the disastrous administration that they had a huge hand in levying on the American public.
No doubt 2012 is going to be a dogfight. But IF Palin does run, she has my support and my vote.
Ryan is up against Krugman, totalitarian ‘Rats - their victims/enablers...the press - their victims/ enablers...propagandists - their victims/ enablers...elitists - their victims/enablers...unions - their victims/enablers...ambulance-chasers - their victims/enablers...RINOS - their victims/enablers,...Redistributing/Reshuffling Republicans - their vicitms/enablers...Conservative Con-Men- their victims/ enablers...Un-affiliated Collectives - their victims/enablers, The-Rest-of-the-Collectives - their victims/enablers...Friendly Foreign Countries - their victims/enablers...Totalitarian Foreign Countries - their victims/enablers...Corporate-Welfare-”Too-Big-to-Fail” Companies - their victims/enablers...etc., etc., etc.
“It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.” - Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850
STOP spending, STOP taxing, STOP lying.
You should not have reposted this without editing it. The list of US legislators has nothing to do with a WI state law. It is very confusing to unknowing readers.
Man, how did you do that? The 'w' is nowhere close to the 'b'.
Which is not to say that this is not an odious law which I will be discussing with my state senator and state assemblyman.
See my tagline.
That’s what I thought too, but one of the comment links did go over to a pdf of what appeared to be the actual legislation, and a quick read did appear to be legit. That is why I’m surprised there hasn’t been any feedback posted that I have seen.
Sorry
I’ve asked the mods to remove it.
Krugman is a “JourOlista” and as such, anything he says is just Owebama propoganda.
Thanks!
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