Great video for those of us who are really concerned about the budget and fiscal responsibility. Smaller, responsible government, will naturally lead to a freer people…
Note,: there’s a problem with the video for a minute or so around 54 minutes…
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I chuckle when these journalists search for tax-raising concessions. They're always looking for that progressive solution to the debt problem, but would they ever concede that its the spending which got us into this predicament?
"Government's grown too big, promised too much, lost control of the budget, and has waited too long to restructure, but it's not too late." - Walker
And this same entity will somehow fix things? Um...
"You used a word which I would suggest is a problem. It's called war. We haven't declared war since World War Two. We are not following the constitution of the United States. … Things really spun out-of-control in 2003, fiscally. Three things happened. Individually, they were responsible. Collectively, they were reprehensible.
First, the second round of tax cuts. We couldn't afford them. We had already returned to deficits. Second, we invaded a sovereign nation without declaring war and without paying for it: called Iraq. And thirdly, medicare was expanded to add prescription drugs, adding eight trillion dollars in new unfunded promises when medicare was already under-funded 20 trillion dollars." - Walker
Like ### said, it seems like all this was planned.
I thought the tandem of Perot and Walker worked well. One with name recognition and drawing power. The other with articulate statements and a fiscal pedigree to back it up. The journalist was a bit trying at times but overall did a fair job.
I disagree with the assumption that extraordinary executive leadership is the key. Such hawkish leadership hasn’t been seen in some time. The executives are spendthrifts and possess, to a large degree, control over the press. If the press disconnected itself from the establishment and started to report on this more, people might eschew their political bunkers enough for fiscal restraint to become a viable political issue and, therefore, a viable political stance.
Posted by: Eric Parks | 10/16/2012 at 09:16 AM
Romney is making this a political issue.
"And by the way, in the spirit of Sesame Street the President's remarks are brought to you by the letter O and the number 16 trillion," Romney said.
Paul Ryan constantly brings this up.
This talk about the national debt is all a joke to these people. Because it is a joke. They know it and use this subject as a distraction. In the meantime they get the money first. And will continue to do so. (Of course you know my feelings about that.)
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Posted by: Triple Hash | 10/18/2012 at 09:29 PM