This is my response to the letter to the editor entitled “GOP hypocritical, too” by Daniel Wells on Jan. 21. In case you haven’t heard, Mr. Wells, the Tea Party is nonpartisan. We have people from all parties in the Tea Party movement, because almost everyone can understand things — like you don’t spend a trillion dollars to get us out of trillions in debt, and belief in the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.
I did not denounce anyone specifically, because political rhetoric has been used with all kinds of allegedly “violent” terms from both sides long before any of these types of incidents. I do denounce anyone who would articulate a specific threat against anyone.
Sane people don’t have a problem using the terms in question in the appropriate context on the battlefield of ideas. The founders were pretty strong in their rhetoric. Whatever happened to individual responsibility?
The Arizona shooting suspect was obviously deranged, and his political beliefs, if he had any coherent ones, were all over the map and had nothing to do with his indiscriminate actions. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was not the only person attacked.
I believe we have become a nation of politically correct extremists, and we need to be more discerning. The bottom line was fingers were pointed before facts were known.
not being a devil's advocate, the money already spent bailing out banks and large companies is money we don't have. It hasn't been raised from taxes, it has been borrowed. And it is an amount which, coupled with social security, medicare, and public pension obligations, simply cannot be repaid at full value.
A defacto default is staring us in the face. That is why the largest creditors (japan, russia, china) are selling their US treasuries. The largest holder of our debt is the Federal Reserve, the same folks who print our money. Does that seem circular to you? It is. It is the very behavior which ALWAYS results in a collapse of the currency that is being produced from nothing and backed by nothing. Google fiat currencies.
Take a look at the food riots that are sweeping North Africa and the arab states. Caused by price rises that result from currency debasement being done by central banks around the world including the Fed. Poor countries have their survival at stake; richer countries can absorb the increases, but it will affect their standard of living.
Watch the food prices here over the next two months. Watch also prices for oil, steel, copper, etc. They are all going up not because of demand but because the producers value the currency that we pay them less and less every day. We are going to look back at 2010 and early 2011 as the good ol' days.... Look at Wisconsin.
Why not just cut ta th chase an be done with it?
Ever read th book or see th movie Logan's Run?
Seems that sort of society is what yer proposin. Good luck on yer 29th birthday. Hope ya survive carosel.
Don't worry if ya don't we can always make soilent green out of yer protean ta feed th masses.
My bet is yer viein fer a position workin on Obama's staff as a Tsar. Forcin people ta buy thangs? Forcin em inta manditory retirement? Forcin em ta buy a new house?
Are ya really serious bout this? I hope not cus, in my opinion, it's one of th dumbest ideas I've heard frum ya in a long long time.
There are about 40 million over age 50 in the workforce. Instead of giving companies, banks etc billions to bail them out give each of these 40 million people one million each with 3 stipulations:
1) They have to retire immediately. 40 million new job openings. Job market saved.
2)They have to buy a new car. Auto industry saved.
3)They have to buy a new home or pay off their current mortgage. Housing crisis solved.
Congress must pay their taxes and retire under social security and medicare. If they had to do that those two problems would be fixed in no time.
I thought it was an interesting post to pass on:)