A Demonstrably Good Idea!
On Thursday, President Obama said:
“We are open to any demonstrably good idea to supplement the steps we’ve already taken to put America back to work”
Well, someone is willing to take him at his word and you betcha she’s ready with a demonstrably good idea!
Thank you, Washington, for Requesting a Demonstrably Good Idea
I commend the president for acknowledging today that “there are limits to what government can and should do” to ease our 10.2% unemployment rate – the highest it’s been since 1983. I also applaud his call for suggestions and expression of openness to considering “any demonstrably good idea.” Taking him at his word, I’d like to suggest this one: let’s learn from history and follow the example of the man who occupied the White House in 1983 and was able to transform an even worse recession than the one we’re currently experiencing into the largest peacetime economic expansion in American history.
When you realize the magnitude of President Reagan’s achievements, there is absolutely no reason why anyone would ignore his “demonstrably good” example. If you want real job growth, cut taxes – including capital gains taxes and small business payroll taxes – and slay the death tax once and for all. If you want to stimulate the economy and help poor and middle class families, cut payroll taxes so that more Americans can keep and invest more of what they earn.
If you want lasting economic expansion and prosperity, get the federal government’s budget under control. Instead of more pork-laden stimulus plans, let the free market correct itself. That’s what Reagan did, and history proves it worked….
More demonstrably good ideas at the link!
Perhaps Congress also needs to hear a few of these demonstrably good ideas!
Crossposted to J’s Cafe Nette and RedState Member Diaries.
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H/T: Politico, Sarah Palin’s Facebook Notes (my emphasis, thanks to Clyde5445 for the link).
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Wow Inc, that was easy!
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Yes!
“taking him at his word”
comparing today’s recession with a worse one that Reagan dealt with successfully!
That’s gonna hurt!
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She’s still in his OODA loop and she’s living rent-free in their heads
She did so many things in such a short post. She pointedly honed in on the fact that he is a liar as well as the fact that Reagan succeeded with a recession an achievement of magnitude–as Obama and the Dems have made one worse.
She took his boilerplate, mushy sound-good statement that meant nothing, turned it on its head and skewered him with it.
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Hey is it too early to call for impeachment?
Obama lied the jobs died.
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Something I don’t think is a good idea… leaving the enemy intact.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence website has an article that perfectly illustrates what is wrong with the rules of engagement in Afghanistan. A British sniper spotted what he believed was a Taliban spotter who was directing fire on the sniper’s fellow soldiers, and instead of killing the spotter, he fired a warning shot:
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/whats_wrong_with_the_rules_of.php#ixzz0WjvMHRVT
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KnightHawk permalink
Hey is it too early to call for impeachment?
Yes, it’s only 6am here in the west.
Let’s start at 7am!
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A good read that is worth your time.
Check out the comments as well.
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Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years, pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion.
Politico
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Well, this is nice.
Every day it’s another middle finger in the face of the nation.
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Krauthammer, outstanding as always.
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KnightHawk & fedupartist…EXCELLENT:
KnightHawk: Hey is it too early to call for impeachment?
fedupartist: Yes, it’s only 6am here in the west. Let’s start at 7am!
Spot on!
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Can I infer from Obama’s request for a job summit that nobody on his economic team knows how to create jobs?
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CT- I believe one of them had a job once, or read about jobs in a book. That is a qualification, right?
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Drudge has the link.
Obviously, Bush must have heard somebody say he was missed. He’s right, after 10 months of the Socialist, we do miss him–BUT NOT THAT MUCH!!
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JM, If Obama can hire these morons as the best available for what they’ve achieved, then:
Checking the oil in my truck makes me a mechanic, making tacos makes me a chef, star gazing makes me an astronomer, bandaging the papercut on my finger makes me a doctor, etc.
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CT: “Checking the oil in my truck makes me a mechanic, making tacos makes me a chef, star gazing makes me an astronomer, bandaging the papercut on my finger makes me a doctor, etc.”
Yes…those ARE the current “qualifications” for all those jobs!
p.s. I added up your list and you “saved or created” FOUR JOBS in that list! I have forwarded the statistics to the Labor Department. thx for doing your part!
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Way to go, CT! You have a future as a czar or something! And we can say we knew you when.
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I was going to add “looking under girls skirts”, but I was unsure if that made me a gyno, a pervert or Clinton.
BTW, what’s the poetry theme tonight? If that hasn’t been discussed, JR’s “jobs saved or created” would probably be pretty fun.
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CT, I like the theme! (though, as always, all poems are accepted!
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just read Palin’s facebook message. She is a prolific writer. Her subtle use of humor really drives home the message, without making a mockery of the situation.
She would fit right in on Poetry night.
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CT, one of ya that goes onto her Facebook (or several of ya’ll) should invite her over!!
Seriously.
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Regarding markets and the economy we have made major policy mistakes.
1) Bush and Obama gave Goldman Sachs billions of dollars to trade themselves. They went out and created a big stock market that really only they were positioned well enough to make huge profits off of.
2) By giving Goldman money we didn’t let the free market clean up. People could see how Goldman messed up with too much leverage and were there to pick up the pieces. However, we saved Goldman with massive bailouts and thus the free market didn’t get to clean up.
3) So now we have a “market” that Goldman basically is on top of via free money and their government power. And the hands that will inevitably need to clean up Goldman at some point, have all been weakened by not being able to get in and pick up the pieces in a free market.
In other words, a lot of good money went into a big money pit, Goldman, and it is all wasted.
4) This current S&P 500 futures stock bubble is a waste of national economic energy. This isn’t going to mean a hill of beans for most average Americans.
We have lost time creating jobs.
We have lost time in creating a foundation for sustainable economic growth.
We should have been focused on jobs and housing.
Instead we have a stock bubble that is only widening wealth gaps and creating no foundation for our future.