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Romney has thrown down the gauntlet to the tax-and-spend-and-borrow-and-spend-and-borrow-some-more Democrats, in the best way possible. Also to the cut-taxes-but-spend-like-mad-anyway Republicans of 2000-2006.
Paul Ryan has been the spearhead of the STOP SPENDING group in the House.
Making him VP is a VERY effective way of telling everyone, "Yes, we're serious about gettinng this spending back under control, and LIMITING it."
Unless people start believing the Democrats' astonishing "Romney killed my wife" lies....
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Romney has said he would seek to cut waste where it's found yet unconditionally supports increasing defense spending.
He's either delusional if he believes there's no waste in the DoD or he's just a typical Republican, all for cutting spending except for when it suits his agenda.
Romney has said he would seek to cut waste where it's found yet unconditionally supports increasing defense spending.
He's either delusional if he believes there's no waste in the DoD or he's just a typical Republican, all for cutting spending except for when it suits his agenda.
I totally agree. This is a big reason I feel neither party represents the will of the people anymore. If your going to cut spending, you have to do so in a fair and balanced manner. That doesn't mean robbing Peter to pay Paul, which is all these RepubliCONs seem to want to do.
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I totally agree. This is a big reason I feel neither party represents the will of the people anymore. If your going to cut spending, you have to do so in a fair and balanced manner. That doesn't mean robbing Peter to pay Paul, which is all these RepubliCONs seem to want to do.
Not that I find Democrats much better but the GOP's fantasy mantra of "less spending, less government" when history shows them perfectly willing to grow government and spend like drunken sailors when it suits their agenda is what puts me on the left of the fence, not so much because I like it but it's too damn uncomfortable sitting atop it.
I totally agree. This is a big reason I feel neither party represents the will of the people anymore. If your going to cut spending, you have to do so in a fair and balanced manner. That doesn't mean robbing Peter to pay Paul, which is all these RepubliCONs seem to want to do.
That is why it would be terrific if no deal is struck, and the automatic, across the board cuts get enacted.
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That is why it would be terrific if no deal is struck, and the automatic, across the board cuts get enacted.
Just to use round numbers, if one area has 5% waste and one has 20% waste, a 10% across the board cut would leave us with one area 5% underfunded and the other still havinf 10% waste.
Isn't that just throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
Just to use round numbers, if one area has 5% waste and one has 20% waste, a 10% across the board cut would leave us with one area 5% underfunded and the other still havinf 10% waste.
Isn't that just throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
No it isn't. We do not know how much fat is in either, so cutting proportinately is fair.
I totally agree. This is a big reason I feel neither party represents the will of the people anymore. If your going to cut spending, you have to do so in a fair and balanced manner. That doesn't mean robbing Peter to pay Paul, which is all these RepubliCONs seem to want to do.
Actually the Obama debt commision, (the one he totally ignored), said that you cant balance the budgets on the back of the rich. You need to get more people paying taxes, and expecting everyone to pay something, isnt robbing Peter.
No it isn't. We do not know how much fat is in either, so cutting proportinately is fair.
I disagree. I'm one of those conservatives that believe we could cut at least 20% from the military, but you couldnt cut 20% from Social Security..
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Romney throws down the gauntlet to Tax-and-borrow-and-spend Democrats
