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Trump Promises 'Great Management' -- No, We Need Limited Government
National Review ^ | 01/23/2016 | Yuval Levin

Posted on 01/23/2016 7:26:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: grey_whiskers

Ted Cruz has paid back his loans. There is only one candidate who has never paid back all of the money he has borrowed.


61 posted on 01/23/2016 7:59:57 AM PST by Perdogg (Senator Ted Cruz - President 2016)
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To: grey_whiskers
"The GOPe didn't do a THING to limit government during Obama's first 7 years; except to subject him to the indignity of being asked to wait a minute while they lubed up. "


62 posted on 01/23/2016 8:00:27 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: SeekAndFind

Same old same old.

Yawn, Go Trump!


63 posted on 01/23/2016 8:01:07 AM PST by dforest
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To: SeekAndFind

good management and limited government are the same thing


64 posted on 01/23/2016 8:01:22 AM PST by 4rcane
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To: SeekAndFind
The size of govt. has not been reduced even during the Reagan years. He did reduce the pct. increase in govt. but he did not reduce the overall size of the govt. Too many folks today, conservatives, too, want the govt. bennies. Grandpa and grandma want their SS. The best we can hope for is better management and control the cost the best way possible. Trump will do that. Academic musings on limited govt. are just that academic.
65 posted on 01/23/2016 8:01:30 AM PST by Lonely Are The Brave
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To: grey_whiskers
Stop confusing people with facts.

I like Cruz in general, until a few days ago he was my preferred candidate. I finally turned based on the rabid, idol worshiping, nutcase fervor of the Cruzer or loser crowd.

Cruz has never done a wrong thing in his life.

He even instructed the leaders in the temple when he was twelve.......

66 posted on 01/23/2016 8:01:53 AM PST by Lakeshark
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To: Rashputin

Yeah, they post the same old crap that doesn’t help their cause over and over. They are out of touch.


67 posted on 01/23/2016 8:02:15 AM PST by dforest
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To: Perdogg
He's still married to someone who works for GoldmanSucks.

He still has burned his bridges within the DC establishment with no other source of political support.

He's still flip-flopped on H1Bs.

He still waited for Trump to take the lead on illegal immigration before a tepid "me too."

Cruz: too weak to lead.

68 posted on 01/23/2016 8:02:25 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: odawg

RE: True, but there are clear and present dangers that need to be addressed first, and if not corrected immediately, will make everything else moot. For instance — immigration, of all types.

I don’t see how using the Bully Pulpit to warn of BOTH the immigration crisis and the ever rising size of government are mutually exclusive. BOTH can be done in speech after speech after speech.

For example — Reagan warned of BOTH the size of government and the dangers of the Soviet Union during the cold war.


69 posted on 01/23/2016 8:03:24 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Jane Long

They base their whole piece on “Trump Promises Great Management”.

It’s like Regan saying he wants to make America a shining city on the hill, and these guys writing that that means that Reagan wants to hike taxes to coat America in a reflective material.

Do these people even remotely know that’s how Trump talks?


70 posted on 01/23/2016 8:03:51 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: RFEngineer

Dems/ GOP establishment part and parcel of Muslim Brotherhood. Same problem.
If you think we can wait several decades to address the jihad that has already overtaken (and could destroy, forever) Europe, well, I don’t trust your judgment.


71 posted on 01/23/2016 8:04:22 AM PST by Randall_S (Let's sink some ships.)
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To: grey_whiskers

RE: He’s still married to someone who works for GoldmanSucks.

Why is working for Goldman Sachs an inherently bad thing?

Supposed we replaced Goldman Sachs with say, JP Morgan, is that still a bad thing?

DISCLOSURE: I used to be a computer consultant for a big investment bank.


72 posted on 01/23/2016 8:05:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

If government runs more efficiently without waste and abuse, it should be smaller. And yes, we can eliminate some functions of government, which Trump has also mentioned.


73 posted on 01/23/2016 8:05:21 AM PST by kabar
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Well, at least, I’m glad to see that you didn’t include Cruz in the list of “conservatives” for Amnesty. Other than Walker (and he’s only about half conservative) most on your list are conservative poseurs. But I see your point.


74 posted on 01/23/2016 8:06:28 AM PST by House Atreides (Cruzin' [BUT NO LONGER Trumping'] or losin'!)
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To: 4rcane

RE: good management and limited government are the same thing

Is it not possible to apply good management to a large government bureaucracy?


75 posted on 01/23/2016 8:06:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I'd mock you but the challenge is gone. /Dogbert>
76 posted on 01/23/2016 8:06:57 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Perdogg

RE: There is only one candidate who has never paid back all of the money he has borrowed.

C’mon, don’t stop there... give us the name...


77 posted on 01/23/2016 8:07:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: kabar

RE: And yes, we can eliminate some functions of government, which Trump has also mentioned.

Good. Can you provide a web link for us?


78 posted on 01/23/2016 8:08:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: VanDeKoik

http://twitchy.com/2013/12/10/salem-communications-to-acquire-twitchy/

Twitchy is another Salem Communications owned site. They’re avid anti-Trump. You can see repeated, attempted Trump smear pieces on most of their sites....HotAir, Townhall, Twitchy, Human Events, RedState, etc.

Sad that Michelle Malkin’s once great sites (Hot Air, Twitchy) have gone the way of tabloid sites.


79 posted on 01/23/2016 8:08:52 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Perdogg

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested Sunday that he would eliminate several federal agencies if he were elected president.

Asked on “Fox News Sunday” how he would cut spending, Trump named the Department of Education and the Environmental Protection Agency as potential targets.

“No, I’m not cutting services, but I’m cutting spending. But I may cut Department of Education. I believe Common Core is a very bad thing. I believe that we should be — you know, educating our children from Iowa, from New Hampshire, from South Carolina, from California, from New York. I think that it should be local education,” Trump said.

“So the Department of Education is one,” he continued. “Environmental Protection, what they do is a disgrace. Every week they come out with new regulations.”

Asked by host Chris Wallace who would protect the environment in the absence of the EPA, Trump maintained that “we’ll be fine with the environment.”

“We can leave a little bit, but you can’t destroy businesses,” he added.


80 posted on 01/23/2016 8:08:53 AM PST by kabar
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