Posted on 09/22/2010 3:16:07 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans' legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page "Pledge to America" that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.
"The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated," the introduction says.
It continues: "With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America."
Here are some highlights. The full document is below.
Jobs:
- Stop job-killing tax hikes
- Allow small businesses to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their income
- Require congressional approval for any new federal regulation that would add to the deficit
- Repeal small business mandates in the new health care law.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
The doc is marked as draft.
Simple, straightforward and Constitutional.
Remarkable that it should even be necessary.
Change the date on our Declaration of Independence and submit that. It should cover every travesty inflicted on us by these criminal fascists occupying Washington.
Does it include shutting down the Dept of Education and massive firings of redundant federal employees?
WTF is this about repealing small business mandates in the new health law? REPEAL THE WHOLE F’IN LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoops! Should have clicked through to the link. It does call for “repeal and replace” in the next section. Not sure why they listed it twice.
Where is the part about not making Congress exempt from any laws imposed on citizens?
Wow! The Repubics are getting serious about this thing. Color me “Not all that impressed.”
I’d be looking for measurable benchmarks e g “Repeal XXX number of laws” and “defund / xxxx bureaucracies / agencies.”
This is much too wordy. So far (I’ve read about half), the ideas are sound, but the people who need this information the most (that would be the less informed voters who bought into “Change” and “Hope” as a plan) won’t take the time to read 21 pages and the media will pull snipits out to twist this.
How about abolishing a bunch of outdated and worthless agencies and bureaus like the Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission? That is one of the more ridiculous outfits we pay for.
http://www.allgov.com/Officials/Agencies
Here’s a CRAZY idea.
Zero based budgeting. If not every year, than AT LEAST every four years.
The heart of the matter means cutting government payroll and programs by at least 10%, today. Eliminate rules, regs and laws that restrict the private sector, today. Eliminate minimum wage, the Education Dept., the Energy Dept.,the EPA, today. Face up to the mess of Social Security and Health Care, today. Tell the people the truth about how you, in Congress, have been raping the American people for decades. And that is just for starters.
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plan to repeal and replace the government takeover of health care
I agree with much of that, but in order to do it you will need a willing President to sell it and not veto it.
requesting cut paste of pledge... scribd SUCKS
“It does call for “repeal and replace” in the next section.”
No replacement, just repeal the entire thing!!!
Here is another one, don’t require agencies to spend all the money in their budgets and instead urge them to conserve and spend wisely.
One thing in the pledge that I don’t agree with:
http://pledge.gop.gov/resources/library/documents/pledge/a-pledge-to-america.pdf
“We will make it illegal for
an insurance company to deny coverage to
someone with prior coverage on the basis of
a pre-existing condition, eliminate annual
and lifetime spending caps, and prevent
insurers from dropping your coverage just
because you get sick.”
Federal government intervention into healthcare IS the major problem with healthcare. The GOP STILL doesn’t get it.
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