[Maelstorm]

McCain needs to keep emphasizing this. Fiscal responsibility is one of his strengths.

[Chuzzlewit]

no... McCain is on the wrong message...

Drill... Drill.... Drill.... that is the only message. God what a bad candidate.

[arderkrag]

"We're going to restrain spending, we're going to have the economy grow again and increase revenues. The problem is that spending got completely out of control," McCain said on CNN's "American Morning."

Well, he's getting smarter with his talking points, that's for sure.

[SoConPubbie]

He is right in stating this.

Now, if we can only get him to reverse his positions on other issues to match this rhetoric, such as:

1. Granting Amnesty to 20-30 million Illegal Aliens and the resultant chain migration that will occur which will dump millions of poor people into the US electorate who have a history of living off benefits paid for by US tax dollars.

2. Implementation of the Carbon Cap-and-Trade system. He is going to have to increase the size of the Federal government just to implement and monitor this scam, not to mention that it is guaranteed to do nothing except wreck the US economy.

3. His Health Care Proposal which will use US Tax Payer money to give to States to help them subsidize people who cannot afford Medical Insurance.

[zencat]

Fiscal responsibility and national security are McCain’s strengths. As long as I can remember, he’s challenged overspending by the government. I’d like to see his words match his voting record.

[wolfcreek]

He’s been in Congress for 26 yrs. He part of the problem.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I don’t think the old, post-WWII paradigms are going to work any more.

McCain had better be ready to turn on a dime to a considerably different economic system, one based on the idea that an international credit collapse has happened.

This is not the economics we want to have happen, but the economics that we have to adjust to, because we have no other choice.

If nothing else, think of it as a contingency plan.

McCain had better be ready to provide essentially free food and housing for newly unemployed Americans, a forced balance budget because nobody will loan the US money, and to print a vast amount of currency to take the place of virtual transactions.

Because from internationally, down to the individual level, if you don’t have cash in hand, you won’t be able to buy it.

This will be accompanied by ferocious protectionism, and the rebuilding of US heavy industry.

The US will sell starving nations food in exchange only for cash or US national debt relief. Otherwise most trade will have dried up.

A new world, much like the world of the early 20th Century. We’ve done it before, and we might need to do it again.

[TADSLOS]

22+ million freshly minted citizanos under a McCain inspired shamnesty plan says that McCain ain’t seen out of control spending yet. It’s coming in any event, because both parties and both candidates will sell their nation out to get the illegal turned citizenry’s votes. Welcome to 3rd world socialism, America.

[BibChr]

Wow. Daring, cutting-edge statement there, John.

Does anyone know when McClain plans to start campaigning?

[SECURE AMERICA]

Spending is out of control?
Really. You think?
I mean we only have a 9 TRILLION DOLLAR National Debt.

[HwyChile]

This (along with cutting taxes) needs to be the primary issue for every republican. All we get is raising taxes and more spending by the democrats. If the Republicans concede cutting spending and don't talk about it, the democrats talk about balancing the budget, which is code word for increasing taxes and even more spending.

[sergeantdave]

Fire all federal bureaucrats not connected with national security and the economy will boom.