Comments on: Showing his true (blue) colors

By: The Political Octagon

The Political Octagon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:57:49 +0000

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By: Final Frontier

Final Frontier — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:02:16 +0000

Yeah, the heritage foundation is objective on Reagan.

By: John Leo Walter

John Leo Walter — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:57:58 +0000

The truth about Reaganomics

http://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed061604b.cfm

By: Final Frontier

Final Frontier — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:21:50 +0000

John Leo Walter, Esquire,

While you are looking up Ronald Reagan’s history, spend some time looking up these phrases: “Ronald Reagan National Debt” and “Ronald Reagan Iran Contra.” This chart would be a lovely starting place: http://zfacts.com/p/318.html

Then come back and tell me about the fiscally responsible, small government Reagan. He said one thing, did another, and you guys who worship him always look at what he said rather than what he did.

By: John Leo Walter

John Leo Walter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:55:32 +0000

This is no surprise – Frank is, and always will be, an ambitious, one-dimensional, political animal. This bill is a complete disaster – one thousand and seventy three (1073) pages of political partisan candy. One would think that our vaunted congressman would actually read the thousand page monstrosity before casting a vote for its enactment ($800 billion dollars is almost a billion dollars a page).
For anyone that cares – this is not the worst economy since the depression. In 1979 we saw double-digit interest rates, double-digit inflation, double-digit un-employment, gas lines (remember the odd/even days you were permitted to buy gas). What did Ronald Reagan do? What was his response? (Go to youtube and watch Reagan’s 1st Inaugural Address) Reagan said government is the problem, not the solution! Reagan believed that the American people were the engine to recovery – smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation MORE CAPITALISM! Our Founding Fathers would be mortified at the likes of this gigantic spending spree.
Frank and his democrat colleagues should be prosecuted for congressional malpractice.
BY: John Leo Walter, Esquire

By: swampcritter2

swampcritter2 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:48:03 +0000

The word “fiscal” is derived from the Latin word “fiscus” for basket. In this case Frank (if he has any designs on being labeled a fiscal watchdog) will watch our dollars go from our basket into the baskets of others.
The 800 billion dollar figure is correct, but consider that the tax burden in this country falls only on roughly 45% of us. That means that some of us will pick up the load (or our children will) for the non-producers who vote, and all to subsidize enterprises and people would otherwise have failed. Isn’t that how we got here in the first place?
I think I’ll go sharpen my pitchfork.