Fred Thompsom (Clinton, White House, Belle Meade: work, house, event)

[mbmouse]

Originally Posted by happyappy

What is the moderator's comment about? Did it have something to do with my post? I don't fully understand the rules here, it is quite apparent.

No, I was replying (tongue in cheekily mind you ) to Hiknapster.
You haven't done anything wrong, I have. As moderator I am supposed to move "political" threads to the political forum, however this one (in a very minuscule way) is related solely to TN so I am leaving it here as it is still friendly.
If you want to look over the rules of the forum, you can always check out the T.O.S. (Terms of service) at the top of the page. In a nut shell they are pretty simple, keep it polite, no arguing, no selling, no advertising and keep it on topic.

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by mbmouse

. . . and keep it on topic.

Well, there goes this thread.

;-)

[hiknapster]

Stop it!

MBMouse is really cool about these things. Not once have we fought amongst each other.

We meander and she knows that like Tennessee conversations, it happens.

[hiknapster]

Go Fred Thompson! Go Tennessee!

Am I helping?

[happyappy]

So, speaking of tinkle-down economics, has anyone found much information about Fred's stance on economic issues--and how they might affect Tennesseans?

[hiknapster]

The happyyappy has caught on! Good job!

[mbmouse]

Now Happyappy has caught on!
Good save Happy. hehehehehe
Can y'all tell I avoid political conversations?



Oh yea....Go TN! Every Tennesseans go out and vote.

[hiknapster]

I told y'all the MBMouse is cool!

[Shenandoah]

Originally Posted by happyappy

So, speaking of tinkle-down economics, has anyone found much information about Fred's stance on economic issues--and how they might affect Tennesseans?

I like your wording 'tinkle-down' economics.

There's a couple links:

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Fred..._+_Economy.htm

He's for tax cuts:

http://wizbangblog.com/2007/04/14/fr...ean-growth.php

Also:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editor...l?id=110009940

UNTO CAESAR

Case Closed
Tax cuts mean growth.

BY FRED THOMPSON
Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:01 a.m.

It's that time again, and I was thinking of the old joke about paying your taxes with a smile. The punch line is that the IRS doesn't accept smiles. They want your money.

So it's not that funny, but there is reason to smile this tax season. The results of the experiment that began when Congress passed a series of tax-rate cuts in 2001 and 2003 are in. Supporters of those cuts said they would stimulate the economy. Opponents predicted ever-increasing budget deficits and national bankruptcy unless tax rates were increased, especially on the wealthy.

In fact, Treasury statistics show that tax revenues have soared and the budget deficit has been shrinking faster than even the optimists projected. Since the first tax cuts were passed, when I was in the Senate, the budget deficit has been cut in half.

Remarkably, this has happened despite the financial trauma of 9/11 and the cost of the War on Terror. The deficit, compared to the entire economy, is well below the average for the last 35 years and, at this rate, the budget will be in surplus by 2010.

Perhaps the most fascinating thing about this success story is where the increased revenues are coming from. Critics claimed that across-the-board tax cuts were some sort of gift to the rich but, on the contrary, the wealthy are paying a greater percentage of the national bill than ever before.

The richest 1% of Americans now pays 35% of all income taxes. The top 10% pay more taxes than the bottom 60%.

The reason for this outcome is that, because of lower rates, money is being invested in our economy instead of being sheltered from the taxman. Greater investment has created overall economic strength. Job growth is robust, overcoming trouble in the housing sector; and the personal incomes of Americans at every income level are higher than they've ever been.

President John F. Kennedy was an astute proponent of tax cuts and the proposition that lower tax rates produce economic growth. Calvin Coolidge and Ronald Reagan also understood the power of lower tax rates and managed to put through cuts that grew the U.S. economy like Kansas corn. Sadly, we just don't seem able to keep that lesson learned.
Now, as before, politicians are itching to fund their pet projects with the short-term revenue increases that come from tax hikes, ignoring the long-term pain they always cause. Unfortunately, the tax cuts that have produced our record-breaking government revenues and personal incomes will expire soon. Because Congress has failed to make them permanent, we are facing the worst tax hike in our history. Already, worried investors are trying to figure out what the financial landscape will look like in 2011 and beyond.

This issue is particularly important now because massive, unfunded entitlements are coming due as the baby-boom generation retires. We simply cannot afford higher taxes if we want an economy able to bear up under the strain of those obligations. And beyond the issue of our annual federal budget is the nearly $9 trillion national debt that we have not even begun to pay off.

To face these challenges, and any others that we might encounter in a hazardous world, we need to maintain economic growth and healthy tax revenues. That is why we need to reject taxes that punish rather than reward success. Those who say they want a "more progressive" tax system should be asked one question:

Are you really interested in tax rates that benefit the economy and raise revenue--or are you interested in redistributing income for political reasons?

Mr. Thompson is a former Republican senator from Tennessee whose commentaries, "The Fred Thompson Report," can be heard on the ABC Radio network.

[Shenandoah]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

He yelled, "Tear down this wall!" and the Russians thought "Star Wars" was going to kill them. Dummies. It was a frickin' MOVIE. And he was an actor, and not a very good one.

Well, it worked didn't it? That wall got torn down, and Soviet Germany and Russia changed forever. Between 3 great people, Ronald Reagan, Karol Jozef Wojtyla and Margaret Thatcher, the people who risked their lives trying to escape from eastern Germany, from Soviet Russia, were now free.

Frickin movie? Yeh - but it was a sure doggoned good one!

Jimmy Carter? One of the worst, if not the worst Presidents of the US - and one of the most damaging ones to this day. Someone really should put one of those invisible fences around his peanut farm and keep him in, and out of trouble. We wouldn't have this nonsense trouble with North Korea if not for him and his 'diplomacy'. Mile long lines at the gas pumps. Recession. Yep - that's Jimmy Carter's legacy.

The one good thing he did was Habitat for Humanity.

Good thing he's from Georgia, and not Tennessee.

blessings, Shen