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You are wrong again. Reagan did increase military spending which led to the end of the Cold War. But Reagan cut the budget of eight agencies out of fifteen during his first term, and ten out of fifteen during his second term. And he did that with democrats controlling both houses. Carter decreasing regulation? haha He created the Dept of Energy and the Dept of Education. You have a lot of home work to do.
Of course he cut them, lol. He needed the money to pay for his massive increase in military spending. Pretty much takes the luster out of the argument of him being a major budget cutter when all he did was transfer spending from one department to another. None of which mattered because the Soviet Union was already crumbling. The myth that Reagan's policies actually lead to the defeat of the Soviet Union is just that, a myth. Soviet Defense spending never rose to match our ridiculous amount, that puts a nail in the coffin for that argument. As for Jimmy Carter, I was referring to his efforts at the deregulation of industries and not adding departments which had such limited authority that even today they can't really do much. I think you are the one who has a lot of homework to do .
Did you miss my post regarding the 6 Tea Party victories in the last 5 weeks? You do know that McDaniel got WAY more republican votes that Cochran right? And that incumbents win by a vast majority, GOP or democrat. The Tea Party is not a stand alone. We just want the GOP to go back to what they once stood for, not what they did in Mississippi.
6 wins nationally..when's the parade?
PS: McDaniel is going home. Cochran is on the November ballot. Deal with it.
I adore what the GOP did in Mississippi. I'd respect the TP , if like Perot's folks, they formed their own party. That would display guts. Since they peaked in 2010, they aren't changing squat. 20% of the House is all they got, and all they will get. They lost the big races Tuesday night, and Mississippi was the one they most wanted. I feel so bad for them (not).
Photos and names are being collected. You see, some people were stupid enough to get publicly documented campaigning for Cochran and announcing their intent to vote for Cochran in the runoff. If their behavior is subsequently publicly documented campaigning for or announcing their intent to vote for Childers in November: law violation.
Even the MS Democratic Party advised against Democrats voting for Cochran in the runoff. Rickey Cole (Charmain of the MS Democratic Party) "likes" this June 21st post by Harrison County Democrats:
Looks like MS Democratic leadership tried to warn Dem voters, but they didn't listen and allowed themselves to be manipulated, used, and now disenfranchised in the November election by Cochran.
lol
I'll believe it when it happens (and it won't).
The Democrats aren't going to challenge their own voters.
Cochran isn't going to challenge the voters that helped him squeak by McDaniel.
The Mississippi GOP establishment has been behind Cochran and won't challenge the voters that helped Cochran.
Poll workers won't challenge voters because the AG and Sec of State interpret the law as in all intents and purposes prohibiting them from doing so.
There is nobody else who has standing, according to Mississippi state law, to challenge a voter at the polls. It's a secret ballot, the law is unenforceable and the state of Mississippi has made it as clear as they possibly could (but apparently, not to you) that they have zero intention of trying to enforce the law in November. I have no idea why you keep insisting otherwise. The people who have the actual power to do what you think they're going to do have already said they're not going to do it.
the seat was already given to the democrat, why do you think so many cross over, to elected the weakest of the two. one that can be beat. Thad is old, he aint all there. he will never win
the seat was already given to the democrat, why do you think so many cross over, to elected the weakest of the two. one that can be beat. Thad is old, he aint all there. he will never win
Actually, the Democrats were hoping for a McDaniel win. He is a Tea Partier with a lot of baggage and they were all set to run against him. Cochran is well established in a very red state. He would normally be much harder for the Dems to beat. I say normally because with the Tea Party and McDaniel fanning the flames of discontent, all bets are off in Mississippi now. It's going to be interesting to watch how this unfolds.
Lmao. Take a history lesson. The "prosperity" of the twenties was an illusion.
Ya, it never happened. It was all imaginary.
The size of government was not cut by 2/3rds
Unions never got busted up.
Tariffs on imports were never raised.
It was all an illusion.
The 1920s was a decade of increased consumer spending and economic growth fed by supply side economic policy.[5] The post war saw three consecutive Republican administrations in the U.S. When President Warren Harding took office in 1921, the national economy was in the depths of a depression with an unemployment rate of 20% and following a runaway inflation in the teens was suffering a massive agricultural deflation with prices down 1.55% in 1920 and over 11% in 1921.[6] Harding signed the Emergency Tariff of 1921 and the Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922. Harding proposed to reduce the national debt, reduce taxes, protect farming interests, and cut back on immigration. Harding did not live to see it, but most of his agenda was passed by the Congress. These policies led to the "boom" of the Coolidge years.[7]
One of the main initiatives of both the Harding and Coolidge administrations was the rolling back of income taxes on the wealthy which had been raised during World War I. It was believed that a heavy tax burden on the rich would slow the economy, and actually reduce tax revenues. This tax cut was achieved under President Calvin Coolidge's administration. Furthermore, Coolidge consistently blocked any attempts at government intrusion into private business. Harding and Coolidge's managerial approach sustained economic growth throughout most of the decade. The government's role as an arbiter rather than an active entity continued under President Herbert Hoover. Hoover worked to get businessmen to respond to the crisis by calling them into conferences and urging them to cooperate. Hoover's vigorous attempts to get business to end the depression failed.
When the income tax was established in 1913, the highest marginal tax rate was 7 percent; it was increased to 77 percent in 1916 to help finance World War I. The top rate was reduced to as low as 25 percent in 1925. The "normalcy" of the 1920s incorporated considerably higher levels of federal spending and taxes than the Progressive era before World War I. From 1929 to 1933, under President Hoover's administration, real per capita federal expenditures increased by 88 percent.[8]
In 1920–1921, there was an acute recession, followed by the sustained recovery throughout the 1920s. The Federal Reserve expanded credit, by setting below market interest rates and low reserve requirements that favored big banks, and the money supply actually increased by about 60% during the time following the recession. By the latter part of the decade "buying on margin" entered the American vocabulary as more and more Americans over-extended themselves to speculate on the soaring stock market and expanding credit. Very few expected the crash that began in 1929, and none suspected it would be so drastic or so prolonged.
The Democrats aren't going to challenge their own voters.
They don't have to. The McDaniel campaign will report them as illegal and challenge the runoff results.
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Cochran isn't going to challenge the voters that helped him squeak by McDaniel.
The Mississippi GOP establishment has been behind Cochran and won't challenge the voters that helped Cochran.
The GOP and anyone else who was involved in inciting the illegal Democrat votes are starting to realize how utterly screwed they are. McDaniel supporters pore over ballots
Pete Perry, the Hinds County Republican Executive Committee chairman, is starting to panic. He has referenced Democratic Poll Book pages in which mistakes were legitimately made, but in those cases the June 3rd entry was crossed out and initialed by a poll worker.
They don't have to. The McDaniel campaign will report them as illegal and challenge the runoff results.
The GOP and anyone else who was involved in inciting the illegal Democrat votes are starting to realize how utterly screwed they are. McDaniel supporters pore over ballots
Pete Perry, the Hinds County Republican Executive Committee chairman, is starting to panic. He has referenced Democratic Poll Book pages in which mistakes were legitimately made, but in those cases the June 3rd entry was crossed out and initialed by a poll worker.
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