If the GOP is really serious about winning back the presidency, it needs to win the deficit debate. The government of these United States is broke — flat broke — and if the nation is to survive as the prosperous nation it has long been, Republicans must restore fiscal sanity and call a halt to spending money we don’t have!
That’s what the Republicans promised us they would do last November, and largely on the strength of that pledge we let them take back the House. After all, it’s obvious that we can’t trust the Democrats to spend the public’s money wisely and well.
President Obama is promising to seek $3 in spending cuts for every $1 of new taxes, exactly as my father Ronald Reagan sought to do. When my dad passed away in 2004, he was still waiting for that $3. Barack Obama can expect the same dismal outcome.
Ask the first President George Bush how it worked out when he cut a deal with the Democrats in 1991 to reduce the deficit by $500 billion. All he had to do was go back a little on his “Read my lips — NO NEW TAXES” pledge and raise taxes just a little bit.
The Democrats promised not to use the tax issue in the 1992 elections. They promptly hung President Bush with it. So I say to the Republican leadership, as Margaret Thatcher once said to GHW Bush, “Now is not the time to go wobbly.” Stick to your guns and call a halt to spending nonexistent dollars.
Unlike the Democrats, who have long been able to win elections by buying votes with lavish government programs paid for with phantom dollars, Republicans have for the most part demanded that fiscal sanity play a large part in determining the wisdom of enacting new programs or financing existing ones.
Democrats have no problem with spending what I like to call “tomorrow money,” big bucks stolen from future generations, who aren’t around to protest having enormous debt loads placed on their shoulders even before many of them have even been born.
Tragically, we have now reached the point where it’s time for Peter –that’s this generation — to pay Paul, yet unborn, by paying for the cost of government programs with today’s dollars. That would require that we stop spending tomorrow’s dollars. Of course, in that case Democrats would start losing elections.
In this era of the Obama recession, Republicans had better stiffen their spines, stand erect and challenge Obamanomics before the president drags us over an economic cliff.
As I said, for the GOP, this is no time to go wobbly.
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If they cave on the Debt ceiling- they can kiss themselves and positions "good bye".
we've had enough under this administration.
Its spend spend and then Tax to make up for all of the spending.'That includes the jet setting Obamas at our expense.
Boehner do not GIVE ONE INCH! Stand fast because America is behind you!!
Boehner is a wuss .. he will sob and bawl if he doesn't get is debt increase. He's just pretending to have a difference with his darlin' Obongo. These people are disgusting! And they're all traitors. Their a$$es need to be thrown out of office for the crimes they have committed and continue to commit..
BOEHNER: HE WILL, NOTHING BUT A CRY BABY WHEN IT COMES TO OBAMA?
repubs are no better as a whole. they promise and do not deliver. think of the 90's with newt and the failed "reform" promised then. and that is just one example of thousands before and after. no – the answer is to dissolve the union and let states take charge of their borders and internal matters until they regroup to form a more perfect union. question is – will the states wake up en-masse enough to take charge or will they go down as well. seems minnesota is answering that question… =(
Great concept Robert!
If the "CRY BABY" Boehner keeps on trying to play politics with these GD Democrats, he'll sell our country right down the proverbial drain! I'm praying the moron Boehner grows a set of BALLS and gets a backbone; because if he doesn't, the "CRY BABY" WILL SELL US OUT!!! I wouldn't trust this moron Boehner as far as I could throw him! He is two-faced, just like the rest of these lying cheating politicians!
Rase the DEBT and kiss you ASS good by. Yo will be looking for a new Job as maybe Dog poop cleaner upper.
You have a jet-setting Muslim with a fat azzed wife telling you what and how much you can/should eat, that is a joke!
Sorry, but we also laugh at your Boehner, the crying 'speaker' – what in the world is wrong with you "brave" people?
Right-On Andre The Obama/Soros Goons Are Breathing Hard And Trying To Scare Mr Boehner Before He Gets A New Heart From The Wizard Of Oz, However Do Not Cave On The Debt Ceiling, Let The Nov Election 2012 Do Your Talking. God Bless America And Palin/Perry.
TRUE! However, unfortuneately, it is written in the set-apart Hebrew Scriptures that there would be a Anti-Christ(both Islam and Marxism are Anti-Christ's by the way and did you know that your Bible actually calls a caliphate of Islamic countries as being the "Beast" in Revelation?) over the real "Israel" by the seed of Joseph(Gen. 48:16) in the last days, not Judah, only promised "grace"(Messiah), but not name Israel ever! Watch! Obama is the "right" Marxist(Anti-Christ) over Israel this time, not the Roosevelts, or even you Jimmy Carter! p.s. America, as England do not know because they broke the Sabbaths Covenant and England is not relevant because they already are Marxist, even through Truman bought off their debt when they had there mandated Marxist economic crash! Who will buy off ours? Not China, I assure you! Hell's coming to dinner America, as Clint Eastwood made so famous! Watch!
The Republicans have a excellent history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! Look for the Republicans to fold & cave in on the debt ceiling & for a third party to finally evolve with a strong candidate.
Do Not Give Up On The GOP Alexia Once They Get Rid Of Pres Dumbocare And George Soros By Way Of A Stronger Tea Party That Will Get Behind Anyone That Can Bury The Libs. God Bless America And The New Tea Partiers Patrioits.
Is there anyone out there in Obamaland that honestly believes that there will be THE NECESSARTY CUTS in Government spending.
You can even read his lips… and it is all a LIE,
Reid,Shumer, Pelosi, Franks. Boxer, and their like… ONLY know one idea… Tax… and SPEND more on all those 'poor social programs'.
Latest data indicates that better that 46 percent of TAXPAYERS PAY NO TAXES. (This includes the poor and all those that follow the TAX LOOP holes.
Every single one of those individuals NOT PAYING TAXES, should be paying taxes. All loop holes for Corporations and the RICH should be CLOSED.
Stop and think… currently 52 percent or so… pays taxes that SUPPORTS 48 or so percent of those receiving some type of funding from the taxpayer.
Another frightening statistic is that more than 35 MILLION people in the United States are on Food Stamps..
AGAIN paid for by 53 percent of the Taxpayers..
And the Democrats want to RAISE TAXES… and do SMOKE AND MIRROR type cuts over TEN YEARS.
IF THE GOP CAVES IN… I will not be voting for ANY SCUMBAG in either party in 2012.. I will be working to PUT THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE… and put new people in.
WE must get rid of the FREE SPENDERS, THE LIBERALS, THE RHINOS AND anyone that supports OBAMA and his lemmings.
good points Miller!
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I'm a life long Republican. My hope is that the current national crisis is enough to wake my party up. If it is not, if they don't deal decicively with the deficet and if they insist on nominating a country club go along get along, I believe it is long since past time for some tough love. I will ceriously consider sitting out the 2012 elections and encourage my Tea Party friends to join me. BOs reelection will plunge America into a New World Dark ages. We may need that to wake the country up.
Boehner in the house and McDuff in the senate and the Republicans must understand the debt ceiling is “time to fish or cut bait.” If not, the GOP has had a grand history but will dissolve.