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Ron Paul’s Economic Plan: Cut 5 Cabinet Agencies, Cut Taxes, Cut President’s Pay
wall Street Journal ^
| October 17,2011
| Danny Yadron
Posted on 10/17/2011 10:37:52 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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posted on
10/17/2011 10:37:55 AM PDT
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Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
10/17/2011 10:43:56 AM PDT
by
lonevoice
(The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, impeach we much. We will much about that be committed.)
To: Hojczyk
There is a good half to Ron Paul. If only it was just that good economic half that were running for President I might even be a paulbot sympathizer. As is, his nutty foreign and defense policy positions ruin him and prevent most actual conservatives from taking him seriously.
To: Hojczyk
I like what I see here, other than I’m sure that his trillion dollars in savings involves wiping-out the DOD
To: Hojczyk; mnehring; Allegra; lormand
It is a good idea to cut spending by $1 trillion, eliminate five cabinet departments (especially Education), etc. However, that simply suggests that paleoPaulie wants to be sure that, when he surrenders our nation to the jihadist Islamofascisti to be part of their world caliphate, it will be in good enough economic shape to please them. I am not impressed nor am I deluded enough to vote for the gutless little pipsqueak!
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posted on
10/17/2011 10:53:12 AM PDT
by
BlackElk
(Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club: Burn 'em Bright!!!)
To: Hojczyk
...while pledging to limit his presidential salary to $39,336, which his campaign says is approximately equal to the median personal income of the American worker. The current pay rate for commander in chief is $400,000 a year. This is a symbolic gesture that could do more harm than good, if it were to be official policy. The only people who would then run for POTUS would have to be those that don't need the money anyway. It would prevent otherwise good people from running for office (for example, a Joe the Plummer type).
Sorry Rep. Paul. I believe that people should be compensated for the value they bring to the job or in line with the difficulty of the job. $400K for POTUS is appropriate.
The symbolic gesture only promotes more class warfare.
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posted on
10/17/2011 10:56:17 AM PDT
by
kidd
To: Hojczyk
LRon Paul proposes 5 cuts and 2
prominent additions to his Cabinet:
Kucinich [Minister of Peace and Space] and
Nader [Minister of Progressiveness and Environmentalism]
Come with us! Planet LRon is out of this world!
To: Hojczyk
Is this where we check in to bash Paul?
"..presidential salary to $39,336.."
This just PROVES he is a nut-case!
Join the "anybody but Paul" movement:
abp.com
We're here for you.
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:02:17 AM PDT
by
Designer
(Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:02:48 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Hojczyk
You get what you pay f0r, but I think $39,000 a year is waaaayyy to much for this guy,
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:06:00 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
To: Longbow1969
"..his nutty foreign and defense policy.."Yea, we like ceaseless war in every hell-hole on earth, and sending tons of cash to all kinds of wierdo foreign governments!
No need to change anything.
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:07:51 AM PDT
by
Designer
(Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
To: Hojczyk
Exactly right prescription for our domestic disease.
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:10:10 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Hojczyk
Roach Paul is the Mad Hatter!
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:11:39 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
To: Hojczyk
Only 5 cabinet agencies? Piker...
NASA, FCC, FAA, DEA, EPA, BATFE, DoE, SSI, DHS, TSA.... Just to name a few.
There are more listed here: http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml
If they aren't covered by Art 1 Sec 8, they need to go. Period. No excuses. Not even "good" excuses.
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10/17/2011 11:16:25 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.)
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:21:33 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
To: Lib-Lickers 2
Are you against cutting Cabinet departments? Or are you incapable of a coherent thought on the subject of Ron Paul’s ideas?
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:22:36 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: kidd
How many are there now, that need the salary?
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posted on
10/17/2011 11:23:46 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: DManA
I don’t want anything to do with that dingbat..
To: kidd
Yep, even one brain neuron devoted for one second to Presidential (or Congressional) salaries is a monumental waste of time. I'd set all of the above to a million, personally. It's utterly irrelevant to the budget, cuts to $40,000 would limit a position to the independently wealthy, and an added issue is that for any government position, when your pay doesn't match your power, it vastly increases corruption.
Presidential and Congressional pay is an obsession of the stupid and clueless.
I'd argue that even discussing the elimination of cabinet departments in the current budget climate is a gigantic waste of time. Basically, if you're not talking Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, and Taxes you're wasting your time.
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