tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post5196571534656833087..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Best Proposal You've Probably Never Heard OfAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19704798734685683732011-01-19T17:51:39.008-05:002011-01-19T17:51:39.008-05:00So what have we learned in 2,065 years?
"Th...So what have we learned in 2,065 years?<br /><br /> "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.<br /> <br />People must again learn to<br />work, instead of living on<br />public assistance."<br /><br />Cicero - 55 BCTehachapi Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57074040147466545842011-01-16T12:35:02.341-05:002011-01-16T12:35:02.341-05:00Tehachapi Tom: Let's not begin to despair or ...Tehachapi Tom: Let's not begin to despair or lose heart. There is much that can be done to keep responsible, conservative ideas in front of the people. Sizable wins on genuinely important bills in the House that go down to defeat in the Senate or a veto from the White House are what a future platform is built on. It is the job of the new leadership to make sure that only important issues are addressed and that the public is not allowed to forget how the Democrats acted in response.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-89734207640547559772011-01-16T12:27:01.444-05:002011-01-16T12:27:01.444-05:00Stan: Starving the beast is going to have to be o...Stan: Starving the beast is going to have to be our major strategy for the next two years. It's not the best, but it's not awful either. Meanwhile, with issues like the unilateral growth of the bureaucracy we have things of serious concern to the American people to bring up and even bring to a vote. The one thing we have to be careful not to do is to bring up a bunch of token showboat bills that have no chance to win. That would water down the impact of bills that ought to be passed but won't as long as the Democrats control the Senate and the White House.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35321818936018473362011-01-16T10:53:24.403-05:002011-01-16T10:53:24.403-05:00Hawk
Many people are becoming aware of the problem...Hawk<br />Many people are becoming aware of the problems. And most are looking at solution as such an enormous task to be nearly impossible. A mountain can be moved but the first stone must be moved in order to begin.<br /><br />There must be a way to illustrate to the rest of the population the real danger of continuing as we are. Then maybe that first stone can be moved.<br /><br />It appears to me that we as a country are at a point of decision<br />which can start us back to prosperity.<br /><br />Proposals that could result in positive gains seem to come and go but don't stick around long enough to sprout and grow.<br /><br />Must we collapse to near ruin before the population see s the light?Tehachapi Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-6306286412219451522011-01-16T04:43:41.714-05:002011-01-16T04:43:41.714-05:00The problems of this country are decades in the ma...The problems of this country are decades in the making, it will require several election cycles to straighten out. In the short term, Congress does control the money, do not raise the debt ceiling, without serious concessions. Begin to starve the beast, the federal beauroacracy.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-66906813951058607272011-01-15T14:16:07.622-05:002011-01-15T14:16:07.622-05:00Tam: This is an example of politicians doing thei...Tam: This is an example of politicians doing their job instead of putting on the appearance of doing their job. The Democrats are the ones who put band-aids on the cancer of federal expansionism. They have hundreds of solutions for non-problems, but none for real problems.<br /><br />It's up to the Republicans, and particularly conservatives, to look at the long-range goals and some serious surgery. It's a bit like James Q. Wilson's "broken windows syndrome." Clean up some of the smaller but more basic problems first and make the atmosphere for wrongdoing less attractive and more obvious.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15413540619636466442011-01-15T14:03:19.272-05:002011-01-15T14:03:19.272-05:00I love this more subtle approach to governing our ...I love this more subtle approach to governing our guys are taking...destroy the bureaucracy from the inside out, instead of taking big, potentially polarizing issues (like immigration or social security) and avoiding big show trials. I think that in the long run, this will work to the country's great advantage even if it doesn't make an impression early on. Love the long term, big picture thinking!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892551860593187175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72618537839914589452011-01-15T12:22:28.388-05:002011-01-15T12:22:28.388-05:00Tennessee: It's likely the bill will be defea...Tennessee: It's likely the bill will be defeated in the Senate, and it's not even a sure thing in the House. But the alphabet agency takeover of the proper functions of Congress and the White House is of great concern to the majority of Americans. Even in defeat, it's a major future campaign issue (the EPA power-grab is not some esoteric insider issue that the public won't understand). I think its prospects for future passage are very good. We're talking about billions of dollars of the public money that is being thrown around on hare-brained schemes over which nobody is taking the requisite responsibility.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-59997144742073053932011-01-15T10:07:37.056-05:002011-01-15T10:07:37.056-05:00Thanks, Hawk - even if Obama were to veto it or th...Thanks, Hawk - even if Obama were to veto it or the Senate defeats it before it gets to him, reintroducing the bill in the House will help shed light on the issue. Likewise, grilling the bureaucrats in investigations can help do the same thing.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.com