Home in Henderson will have a weekly thread for political issues, counting down the 8 weeks until November 6th, 2012, election day. Discuss as you please, keep it civil and respectful. Next Tuesday will be 7 Week Countdown and so forth.
You are free to comment on political issues anywhere else on the site as well, but it might be easier to carry about long discussions in specified threads instead of many different threads over the website.
The following facts are gleaned from Paul Krugman, Nobel-Prize winner in economics.
Facts:
Ryan Budget Plan
For Ten Year Period Beginning September 30, 2013
Reduction in taxes (approximate) $4,300,000,000
Less,reduction in expenses (approximate)
Medicaid $800,000,000
Food Stamps 130,000,000
Military 0
Medicare* 716,000,000
Student loans etc. 70,000,000 1,716,000,000
Increase in deficit $2,584,000,000 (that’s trillions, folks)
* Same as Affordable Care Act
Opinion: (from columnist Froma Harrop 8/22/12)
“The scheme to radically degrade Medicare benefits for those born after 1957 would
blow up well before the year of change, 2023, arrives. The Ryan plan has gotten as far as
it has because younger Americans have not been focasing on their retirements.
But the likelihood that Americans born in 1957 or after are going to accept a two-class
deal in which they have to pay for older people generous benefits while expecting far
less for themselves is about zero.”
My opinion: The idea that these two fools are economically prudent is silly. They will destroy this
country. DON’T FALL FOR IT AMERICA. The tax reductions will probably go to the rich so they
can gamble on the stock market or enrich European car companies; We can’t be sure because
they won’t tell us. Now that’s radical.
Publius, I hope you don’t mind, I moved your comment from the open lines to here just to get the ball rolling.
I hope this weekly thread will give us a sense of how we feel about the current media reports . Will we see the trend stay the same or move according to daily events, etc.?
At least Romney/Ryan will have a budget! Our country has not had a budget under President Obama, that’s over 3 years!
Paul Krugman is a NY Times columnist and believes in Keynesian economics, the theory that brought us the stimulus – the plan that if you are debt, borrow more, and spend it and the economy will improve. How did that work for America, have we stopped borrowing or printing money? Would you do that with your household budget if your credit cards were maxed out? Raise your limit and keep aspending? That guy is a genius! Hence President Obama and the Democrat Senate giving us over 1 trillion dollars in deficit every year since he was elected.
Maybe Publius would prefer that there were no rich people to pay the majority of the taxes. Democrat devisiveness and class warfare on display.
The Muslim violence against the United States is now in Yemen–. These events, in my opinion, have been clearly orchestrated and planned for Sept.11.
When will Obama stop apologizing for the United States–.
At this very moment, Hilliary Clinton is apologizing to all Muslims saying U.S. extremists are to blame for creating “Unrest in the Middle East”. She is reading from a script probably prepared for her by the White House. Can you imagine what President Ronald Reagan would say and do if he was President? At the very least he would cut off all U.S. aide to these thugs.
We have 8 weeks –can enough voters wake up to the realization that our very freedom is at stake in this election? The president declined Netenyahu’s request for a meeting. Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East–he’s surrounded by enemies–. I am convinced he will defend his country–would that this administration defend us.
I would like to focus on the local election in instead of State or National offices. Locally the only election that counts is for a District Court Judge. Note, unopposed candidates by default have already been elected. S. Quan Bridges, the current District Court judge, and Amanda Stevenson, a local attorney, are the choices on the ballot.
I have been in Judge Bridges’ courtroom and listened to him speak about criminal justice and crime prevention. I have attended a multi-hour meeting with Amanda Stevenson including conversation over lunch. At the time I meet Ms. Stevenson, she did not make me aware of her desire to be District Judge.
I do not circulate among those who know these two people. So I am asking the informed to explain why I should vote for Judge Bridges or Ms. Stevenson.
I have heard Judge Bridges talk to students graduating from elementary school. He appears to be very interested in the futureof all children in this area. I believe he should continue to be a judge here.
I agree with you, Prudence. It is time that the American people demand that Obama stop apologizing to these thugs who defame our embassys and kill our citizens. The news media will not hold Obama’s feet to the fire. The proper question is, “Mr. President, why did you not order adequate security for all of our embassys and is it true that US Marines on duty were not allowed to have live ammunition?”
America needs a Department of Common Sense….