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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 2:19 pm
by 71-1085092892
Update here. 9/7/2005
From here.
Does this philosophy apply to today's world? Why or why not?
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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 3:16 pm
by thibodeaux
Unfortunately, I can only think of one politician at the national level who believes in this, and his name is Ron Paul. Every other member of Congress, and apparently every Supreme Court justice, and certainly both men running for President, speak and act as if the Federal government and its ability to write checks are the solution to all our problems.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:36 pm
by Leisher
That should be read to Congress before the start of every session.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:46 pm
by thibodeaux
Amen.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:40 pm
by TPRJones
Amen.
Where is Ron Paul these days? Back in the early 90's I did some campaign work for/with him. He turned out to be a complete and utter prick at the time, but maybe he's changed if you approve of him.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:18 am
by TheCatt
Amen.
Democracy: The 4th best form of government.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:02 pm
by thibodeaux
TPRJones wrote:He turned out to be a complete and utter prick at the time, but maybe he's changed if you approve of him.
For all I know he still is a prick, but at least he understands the Constitution. I believe he represents a district south/southwest of Houston.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:48 pm
by TPRJones
Oh, okay, so he's still in the same place.
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:30 pm
by GORDON
From here, again.
A rare whole-post bump.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:34 pm
by GORDON
FYI - The New Deal paper... the prof for which I wrote it was an FDR fan, so I did a bit of sucking up.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:24 am
by TPRJones
It seemed like it was written by Bizarro GORDON.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:27 am
by Mommy Dearest
I will only address the last paragraph since that happens to be my expertise. Every one hailed Bush's tax cuts as the greatest thing since sliced bread. At the time they should have told the citizens that these tax cuts were so that their States could raise their taxes to take over where the Fed's have to cut. No instead they were told to go out and spend it all. Ohio's Budget is now a mess, as I assume other State's are. Ohio's mess is not entirely from the fiscal irresponsibility of the State Govt. but the cuts that were never budgeted for. Unfortunately, I tried to explain this to my clients from the beginning, but they just don't get it.
Lets face. Most people just don't get it.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:58 am
by mbilderback
Seems to me that people are saying that these programs are ok, so long as they're state, not federal in nature.
I disagree, and that's not what Col. Crockett's story is saying. It says that you can't rob from Peter to give to Paul, no matter who is doing it. States still have to follow basic constitutional principles, such as life, liberty, and the persuit of happines. The 10B worth of Federal money already contributed to Katrina relief is a testament to what Crockett's story has developed in to.
Don't redistribute the same broken programs from the Feds to the states, eliminate them. Take from the people only what you need. National defense, interstate commerce (interstates primarily), and money to pay government workers, judges, etc.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:27 am
by GORDON
Sooo... Bush's tax cuts directly resulted in state governments not balancing their budgets?
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:49 am
by mbilderback
BTW, G, check out this link:
My post on S2ki.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:50 am
by Mommy Dearest
Sooo... Bush's tax cuts directly resulted in state governments not balancing their budgets?
Yes most of them are too stupid to realize the effect on them
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:02 am
by TPRJones
So is it Bush's fault that they're stupid? What did he do, sneak into their homes and drop them all on their heads when they were infants?
Man, that guy sure does get around.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:25 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:26 pm
by GORDON
Sooo... Bush's tax cuts directly resulted in state governments not balancing their budgets?
Yes most of them are too stupid to realize the effect on them
I understand what you're saying.... but that's about the worst reason to not cut taxes that I've ever heard.
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:29 am
by Mommy Dearest
So is it Bush's fault that they're stupid? What did he do, sneak into their homes and drop them all on their heads when they were infants?
Man, that guy sure does get around.
No I think he sends stupid pills to all the state capitals so that he will look and especially sound smarter 