Algher
September 10, 2010, 9:22pm
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foolsguinea:
You know why this argument isn’t credible? Because they cut taxes during wartime. They added expenses while cutting revenues.
Let me say it again. They cut taxes during wartime.
They cut taxes during wartime.
They cut taxes during wartime.
They cut taxes during wartime.
They cut taxes during wartime!!!
How stupid do you have to be?
No, no, no. I will never vote for the GOP again. We need a realignment, six years ago.
Una_Persson:
And the Republicans of 1997 were unfortunately a better sort, or at least behaving better, than those of the mid-2000’s. They were a big, big disappointment to me. The wars should have been paid for with tax increases. “America goes to war” my ass - “America” engaged in a McMansion-buying housing bubble like a drunken monkey with a bag full of bananas in a monkey whorehouse, while the Republican Congress mortgaged our future even further. The wars should have been PAYGO or not done at all.
Oh, I see you acknowledged this. Should read a few posts down before responding. That said, who are the GOP leadership now? The budget-balancers or the tax-cutters?
Well, the ability to wage war without asking anyone to pay for it was a trend started by LBJ. He escalated Vietnam without asking for any real monetary sacrifice, and we have followed that trend ever since.
I don’t think the GOP HAS any leadership right now. This is why Obama has to keep on introducing new “opponents” to harass in speeches (Boehner? Really?). Obama versus who? President making John Boehner a foil