I know this post will drop to the bottom like a rock, but I have to say it anyway.
We post a lot of stuff here criticizing and making fun of Clinton, Bush, Bush, and O'Bama for all the wild deficit spending.
But it occurs to me that none of those guys could do any spending alone. Any spending and taxing that happened during their administrations required the approval of Congress. And in only one Congressional term did O'Bama have a veto-proof majority.
It's time for the Republicans we elect to go to their doctors and start getting testosterone shots. Our problem is this bipartisan disease with which they have become infected. And I think those shots would be a cure.
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I know this post will drop to the bottom like a rock, but I have to say it anyway.
We post a lot of stuff here criticizing and making fun of Clinton, Bush, Bush, and O'Bama for all the wild deficit spending.
But it occurs to me that none of those guys could do any spending alone. Any spending and taxing that happened during their administrations required the approval of Congress. And in only one Congressional term did O'Bama have a veto-proof majority.
It's time for the Republicans we elect to go to their doctors and start getting testosterone shots. Our problem is this bipartisan disease with which they have become infected. And I think those shots would be a cure.
Stephanie I do not think this post will drop like a rock. It is after all a very good question.
The president is the most visible person of government and so he gets the credit/blame regardless of whether he deserves it. But you are correct bills and budgets are initiated in the House. Our laws and spending have to be agreed upon not just by the president but also by the congress. So congress is as much to blame as the president.
As for compromise, a person cannot always get what they want. However it seems that the republicans are always doing the compromising. I love how the media portrays republicans who are representing the will of the people who voted for them as "extremist." And yet democrats are always cast in a flattering light.
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Excellent post Steph, I agree I've been saying the same thing for a long long time. The republicans need to grow some stones, most of them can't walk their talk. They fling a good speech then sit on their butts when elected, just like the democraps.
Cuts have to be made. The problem is that the government "model" is based on an 8% growth in government spending EVERY YEAR. And, there are very few proposals that do anything except cut the "rate" of growth. And, Obama's spending has set a new baseline, where we are now talking about 8% annual growth on top of a $4 Trillion budget, rather than an 8% annual growth on the previous administration's $2.7 Trillion budget. We need something more than cutting the rate of growth from 8% per annum to 7.5% per annum. That isn't a real "cut." We need a system "reboot" establishing the baseline at 2000 levels (or earlier, maybe with an inflation adjustment). But, ANY increase in government spending above the rate of inflation needs an absolute veto.
There was a former government health official on Van Susteren's show yesterday, stating that 30% of government health care costs is comprised solely of waste and fraud. $150 Billion flushed down the toilet every year... And that's JUST in healthcare costs. Imagine the waste and fraud in military spending, welfare spending, government procurements, etc. etc. etc...
I don't think the post will drop like a rock either. Both parties in Congress are at fault for passing excess spending and running up the deficit. The President is also responsible for passing all of this overspending instead of vetoing it. Both the President and Congress can provide leadership on these issues--spending, deficits, budget, etc. The problem is none of them are providing leadership or honestly trying to solve the problem.
Yes, the Tea Party elected congresspeople are proposing some cuts but the mainstream Republicans don't want to make that severe of cuts and the Democrats all seem to side with Obama in not wanting any substantive cuts, just reductions in increases. If Congress and the Presidency were a business, they would have gone bankrupt a long time ago. What's saddest of all is they are all entrusted with running our country and taking care of programs designed to care for elderly and those in need. They are failing those responsibilities miserably.
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p.s. It's one more group's fault--us. All of us who vote for the candidate who is most likely to win on "our side" instead of just voting incompetents out of office. WE compromise our values and that tells all of Congress and the President that it's "okay." We'll bellyache but keep reelecting them.
What would happen if we voted Obama and all of the Republican and Democrat politicians who refuse to balance the budget out of office? And then continued to vote out of office those pols up for reelection who didn't vote to balance the budget, reduce the deficit and cut government waste? What would happen?
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Stossel had a program during bush years about how the president really doesn't cause or affect much of what goes on...
but if I had to blame someone, I'd blame republicons
That part (emboldened)would seem to make a certain amount of sense. A Presidential veto that is carried too far could leave the president looking like he's causing the problem. I do think a President has a substantial chance for leadership in the process though. Your comment about blame only reinforces the perception of the core problem--partisanship before problem solving.
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What would happen if we voted Obama and all of the Republican and Democrat politicians who refuse to balance the budget out of office? And then continued to vote out of office those pols up for reelection who didn't vote to balance the budget, reduce the deficit and cut government waste? What would happen?
In theory this is a great idea and voters should vote this way. Unfortunately too many people are on the government gravy train in one way or another.
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