Posted on 04/10/2011 1:47:05 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
In 1983, the British Labor Party under the hard-left Michael Foot issued a 700-page manifesto so radical that one colleague called it "the longest suicide note in history." House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan has just released a recklessly bold, 73-page, 10-year budget plan. At 37 footnotes, it might be the most annotated suicide note in history.
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Krauthammer is a liberal asshole!
“My comment: If they are not serious, we are doomed anyway.”
Might not want to go there. Not sure we can handle the truth. The term ‘bread and circuses’ comes to mind.
I think Chuck CabbageBeater probably has had too many delusions of Joe Biden praising him and asking him to stand up
Krauthammer (Mondale’s and Obama’s DARLING) is a
pretend conservative and a pretend Republican.
Krauthammer (also Romney’s DARLING) hates the TEA PARTY
because they are serious and real (unlike the
phony Krauthammer).
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth! We will need leaders similar to Wisconsin's Walker who will stand firm in the face of protests from the recipient class and the onslaught of negative PR propaganda from the MSM.
Do we believe in miracles?
They aren’t willing to accept the consequences because they have no guarantee on how that would end up.
The democrats did that with Obamacare and lost a whole lot in 2010. That happened with a pliant and willing media to support them in every way. The GOP does not have that.
That is one of the reasons they are skittish.
The question was answered in the midterms in 2010 and in Wisconsin this past week.
He credited this to the growing influences of the Tea Party candidates, who he says are a breed that is truly different than politicians of the past - they are staying committed to the ideas that they campaigned on rather than assimilating into the culture of tax/spend that's been there on both sides for decades. We need to increase their numbers in 2012, and press any potential presidential candidate as to their positions on the specifics of Ryan's plans. Anyone who can't discuss it point by point should be scratched from the list.
Such a comment has no place in our Free Republic. Please, exhibit some civility - there are ladies present.
I consider that entirely civil in any company.
How would your mother feel about that?
I’ve used a lot worse in front of her when she was alive.
You have made some great posts on FR, but K hardly sounds like a Tea Party hater. Note the comment about the tea party:
IMHO...
House has purse strings but without Senate and WH, their only weapon is government shutdown. It is a tactic that they have so far not had the courage to use.
What FReepers and many other Americans know - in total, somewhere between 40% and 60% of Americans - is that the budget battle for the next two years is about who Republicans in Congress really consider themselves beholden to: lobbyists or the actual future of America’s citizens.
They all are faced with a choice of figuratively jumping from the lobbyist “lillypad” to the citizen’s “lillypad” - and it is a scary jump unless one starts to feel a little “crazy”, and realizes that once they stop caring about getting reelected, they will have more reelection “juice” than any group of lobbyists could ever provide. They simply have to really PLAN on ONLY 2 terms, NO MATTER WHAT. Once they do that, it will FREE them, in their own mind and heart, to do ANYTHING that they know to be best for the long-term financial health of the citizens. This will ensure long-term tax revenue for the government, thereby ensuring long-term viability of the armed forces, thereby enhancing the financial scenario even more, as the U.S. will be able to ensure ability to act righteously and defend itself.
Siding with lobbyists includes coming up with wonderful plans that cut the healthcare industry in for huge sales revenue from government programs.
Healthcare will not be solved until it is properly structured in the private sector. If it was, healthcare costs in the U.S. would plummet and capabilities would skyrocket, the same as the computer cpu market has over the last 30 years. Regulation simply needs to set a marketplace that establishes the right motivations.
Smart Repubs will focus on discretionary spending as a SEPARATE issue from SS and Med. Combining the two is a childlish and evil lie.
“Legacy” Repubs are aligned with the party machine, which focuses only on getting elected. People are starting to realize that getting elected is NOT a worthy goal. Getting elected is meaningless by itself.
I have yet to see a simple budget that talks only about 2012 and eliminated 20% of government job headcount ANY 20% of expense dollars, be they from employee reductions or contractor reductions. And talks of NOTHING else. No SS, no Med, no “down the road”, nothing. Just headcount AND expense reduction for just 2012 fiscal year.
That would have meaning. Everything else is just rolling over credit card debt when our ability to pay is actually shrinking every year in real terms.
Krauthammer HATES the TEA PARTY.
He is an ObamaBOT and a RomneyBOT.
Krauthammer (Mondale’s writer) supported Obama during the
last election. He supported ObamaCARE (even though
it would have led to his death).
?????? WTF?
Krauthammer =
Authors of Krauthammer's stature shouldn't shoot their foot off by giving a title to a piece that is guaranteed to elicit a negative response.
Especially when that author's conservative credentials have gone underwater.
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