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New poll, same public resistance to cuts (GOP still afraid to cut major gov't programs)
Washington Post ^ | 02/11/2011 | Jon Cohen

Posted on 02/11/2011 2:56:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: AmusedBystander
"Reagan wasn't able to cut a dime in 8 years."

Completely False. You are just echoing leftist propaganda which has been mindlessly picked up by rookies. I.e., you really are ignorant of the real Reagan history aren't you?

Start to educate yourself rookie: Read this article from the American Enterprise Institute

After you have actually learned something, then you can maybe contribute positively rather than being a foil for the communist schills who are trying to split up the conservative constitutionalist movement.

21 posted on 02/12/2011 8:55:00 AM PST by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: RobbyS
I have come to the conclusion that the only way to shut down Obamacare for now is the freeze on government borrowing. It is the one Achilles Heel that Obama's administration has. We have to get every GOPer on board. Or else.

It will force him to stop his extra spending in its tracks while he pays China and Japan their interest. That is what we MUST do until we can take back the Senate (which should have happened this time around). The failures to do so weret due to corporate help of the leftists in Nevada, Maryland and Colorado prevented it from happening...and we should keep track of those corporate malefactors who are aiding and abetting communism...and then whack them good when we can finally regain the White House. They clearly are 'croney capitalists' and need to go. They are living off our dime, and it is time to take it away.

22 posted on 02/12/2011 9:02:42 AM PST by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: Paul Ross

Well, one cannot freeze government borrowing. What one can do is to put a cap on the national debt. Even then it is hard to do this when we are at war. Three reasons to have a national debt: 1) to establish the credit of the U.S. Government;2) to make debtors with the interests of the of the government; and 3), to fund the government in time of war. The position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has helped us immensely, but that postion has become shaky.


24 posted on 02/12/2011 12:06:02 PM PST by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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To: GeronL

The leadership is terrified of being perceived as a threat to long standing deals cut with Washington Lobbyists and with interests back home. The Tea Parties are the only force that can get them to budge.


25 posted on 02/12/2011 12:12:09 PM PST by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Comments go in the comment box.

Only the title goes in the title box—>


26 posted on 02/13/2011 1:18:44 PM PST by fightinJAG (Please STOP using the title box for parenthetical comments, snark, explanations, etc. Thank you.)
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To: AmusedBystander
You are the disparaging insulter. If you voted for Reagan, then you will know he shut down the Interstate Commerce Commission during his Presidency, albeit the formal cessation took a while, finally going 'poof' in 1995).

As for your argument on his deficits, that is pure leftist talking points. Why do you think the left hated him so vigorously? He was trying to shut down much of the excess government.

As for your listed debt increases you allude to during his terms, the DEFENSE BUDGET was a vital part of that, and it was well worth it.

We defeated the Soviet Union, evading a nuclear armageddon and our annhilation. Just barely.

27 posted on 02/14/2011 1:26:49 PM PST by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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