Federal Budget Deficit Series
Paper #4
While the GOP seems to have NO concrete ideas on the budget deficit other than cutting spending….regardless what it may do to the economy….but I think they want it that way….why?….because as long as the economy stays in the crapper the better their prospects are for picking more Repubs in the Congress…it is all a political game played with the lives of the American people…..Rep. Ryan has some ideas…while they are pretty vague some are pretty good and others are just out right wrong…
One of the better ideas offered is the line item veto…that every Repub president has been drooling over for more than a decade…but is it a good idea?
On the surface I believe it is a good one…..however (I am tired of using the “but”) this could turn into a partisan piece of crap…….a president could remove things that he is personally, notice I said personally, objects to in the budget. It could be used to pay off the donors who have given massive amounts to his campaign. This could effectively kill the notion of political compromise which our teachers tell us is the basis of the Federal system.
All in all, I must disagree with Rep. Ryan….while the idea is a good one….the reality of it will suck and suck bad, especially in the hands of those elitists that care nothing of the rest of the people. This could be used to punish political opponents, regardless of who it hurts in the long run…….
I say leave the system as it is….and stop all this jerking around over something that is NOT that important in the large scheme of running a good government.
If the President’s (and all other political representatives’) campaigns were NOT privately funded, but were fixed and paid by the taxpayer (who pays indirectly in the end anyway), then the suggestion wouldn’t be abused, would it?
Like I keep saying – busted system. Scrap it and… etc., etc.
Like I said…I like the idea as a theory but reality dictates that it will be abused….and yes, I agree….scrap it and scrap it now!
“as long as the economy stays in the crapper the better their prospects are for picking more Repubs in the Congress”
Unfortunately, I think that’s absolutely true. It was also true in the 2006 mid-terms, when Democrats adopted a “Let it Bleed” strategy with regard to the Iraq war.
Hi Clint………Ryan has been labeled as the economic genius of the GOP….but so far all his genius is just the re-hash of the supply side crap of the past….if they win back the House then I question the sanity of the American voter…..
Isn’t it always true? Isn’t it a fact that all ANY of them ever do is to play politics? But then that’s the way the system is designed – the voter is almost always faced with THIS load of crap, or THAT load of crap – some choice!
Yes and as we keep saying….change is nbeeded and needed NOW….but are the Am. people wise enough to actually do it?