The Republicans’ Road Back

The democrat president, the democrat controlled congress, and the republican minority have been playing the political game of taking care of their special interest groups for so long that they have no idea of how to deal with the realities of this economic crises we are currently in. Their bail-out plans, their stimulus plan, and their budget plan, is proof of how out of touch they really are.
So, let me explain how our American economy works. Part A, we (the American people) by products from people who make products. When we (the American people) don't have money we can't buy products. So, it really doesn't matter how much money you give to banks, auto companies, or any other businesses if we (the American people) can't afford their products. Part B, high interest rates (like high taxes) drastically reduces our (we the American people) spending. As hard as it might seem to credit card companies by having a lower interest rate people would be able to pay more towards their debt, likewise, it is hard for some in our government (not we the American people) to understand that by lowering taxes will actually create for the government more money. Part C. Government funded projects (shovel ready and infrastructure projects) will not create permanent jobs. The US government is already the biggest employer in America and it has never been profitable, making it bigger won't make it better or profitable. The money we give the government, in the form of taxes, is completely mismanaged to the continuous detriment of our economy. It won't cost trillions of dollars. Naturally, democrats and republicans won't like it because trillions of your dollars won't be going into the pockets of their special interest groups. In my stimulus plan I would enact what I call the ???Fair Interest Act???. The ???Fair Interest Act??? is the maximum amount of interest that can be charged for the following; on home loans, on credit cards, on mortgage loans, on personal loans???4.0%, student loans ???2.0%, and other type loan rates will be announced. The FIA will exist for the next three years (or longer). As people start making big dents into their debts they will have more disposable income. They will be more inclined to spend that disposable income because of an absence of high interest rate fear. All homeowners can refinance their existing mortgage. The way this refinancing package would work is like this; 35 years at 4% plus the first 5 years goes towards principle. I would place caps on fuel. A $1.00 cap on jet fuel, a $1.00 cap on diesel fuel, and a $1.25 cap on regular unleaded. This is temporary, at least for three years. This will allow businesses to reduce consumer cost and free up more disposable income for consumers to spend. I would also reduce all corporate taxes to 10% for the next three years I would reduce all small businesses taxes to 5% for the next three years. I would suspend any B2USB taxes for the next three years. There are no deductions for any businesses

I would like to see the GOP???s attempt to be bipartisan and to get positive results in America. I think that Americans are truely sick of these games they play and want to see some results that will be good for the country. I personally would like to see global poverty to be addressed, there are 963 million people (throughout the world mind you) that go to sleep hungry every night and 25,000 die every day from hunger and malnutrition according to the borgen project(www.borgenproject.org). There are 191 countries, including the U.S., that created the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and I would like to see them fulfilled. Have we really become that selfish that we think that we need the money more than those 963 million? There are 980 million that live on less than $1 per day. Think of only getting to eat a McDonalds hamburger or only getting french fries?????? I know I couldn???t survive on that much food each day. I???d probably want to eat my arm or paper or some weird random thing to cope with the hunger. I think it???s time to make a difference in the world and to make America the proud nation that we used to be.

A return to "Core principals?" How about a renewed call against abortion, gay marriage and another push to blur the separation of church and state? And don't forget about redoubling efforts to abolish our environmental laws. And longer prison terms for people who get caught with marijuana?

Because that's all the Republicans have left that hasn't been thoroughly discredited.

If you watched Eric Cantor on MTP Sunday you should know why the GOP is down. He very artfullly dodged Gregory's question about the GOP's recovery plan, even held up a sheaf of papers, tacitly indicating they had a plan but didn't provide a website or anywhere else you could go to read it.

The GOP's problem has been brewing for over 35 years. Nixon gave us for-profit health care, cleared a path to our markets and manufacturing base for China and stuck his foot in the deregulation door. Reagan kicked the deregulation door open and gave us Supply-Side Economics. "41" gave us 1,000 Points of Light and little else. "43", Phil Gramm and a compliant Congress blew the deregulation door off its hinges, utter and complete incompetence, a Neocon takeover of government and "Compassionate Conservatism" the was completely devoid of compassion.

The GOP is completely out of touch with average Americans and with voices like Rush, DeLay and Gingrich trying to lead them out of the wilderness with the same old tax arguments and the hyper-hypocritical "fiscal responsibility" spiel while Michael Steele flails around it appears hopeless for the foreseeable future.

The GOP needs to stop kow-towing to the Right-wingers and get in touch with Joe & Jill Sixpack. 20% of The People do not win elections or make for effective governing.

TRY THESE VOTER FRIENDLY PLATFORMS
1) Reduce permanently 10% of the federal and state work force - those left need work harder like most workers still working are forced to do,

2) Make all government employees INCLUDING senators, house of reps & the President /VP give up earning any more pension benefits (like most americans no longer have), INSTEAD give them a match of 50% on up 6% of their annual wage they contribute into a 403B plan - USE the TAX savings resulting from the dropping of new pension TO PROPERLY FUND SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE TAXPES SINCE THATS 10 year from going BROKE

3) Have the FEDERAL government stop paying 80% for federal employee families health premium - drop it to 50%,

4) Increase the FEDERAL employee health insurance deductible to $1000 like most private employers now have,

5) make all senators and house of representatives serve NO MORE than 2 term limits - ends the power of long term senators, etc to force senators, etc to approve EARMARKS on bills alreday released from committee

6) Go to a flat tax Federal tax program so the IRS audits can stop (laying off 50% of that organizations tax payer supported staff)

7) after 1st child's birth to a single mom STOP paying for single mom's child birth , offer free sterilization - more than 1/2 the baby's being born in the US now being paid for by the government (TAXPAYERS in other words) and don't give these single mom's, who are abusing the free childbirth /single mom welfare system by having child after child out of wedlock, money to support more than 1 child

8) NO Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare benefits to ANYONE NOT A US CITIZEN even if their "citizen" child brings them into the US - as are all being done now for NON Citizens!

9) Give the President Line Item Veto rights

10) Give life in prison to ANY politician find guilty of any abuse of power or corruption while in office

11) OUR prisons - lower the taxes to care for the Prisoners - no more coffee or juice, let them drink water at ALL MEALS, feed them oatmeal/toast for breakfast, peanut butter/jelly sandwiches with crackers for lunch and inexpensive stew (easy to make and serve requiring less kitchen labor) And for medicines make them pay the FULL COST of medicine - why reduce their costs out of taxpayers pockets ? I didn't unjustly put them in prison THEY BROKE the law - suffer the CONSEQUENCES


STOP THE MADNESS


P.S. Anyone running on the above platform will WIN any FUTURE elections, so Go for IT you TRUE AMERICANS!

Levin's assertion that conservatism is an "unusually intellectual political movement" is laughable. That may have been true 30 years ago, in the heyday of Buckley, but it certainly is no longer the case, and hasn't been since Reagan's ascension. The party that spent the last few decades overtly manipulating voters' basest fears (including racism, homphobia, and the "Evil Empire" of Russia) has relinquished it's claim to superior intellect. Witnessing the cultivated folksy appeal of the party's latest rock star, Sarah Palin, confirms that Levin's assertions are wishful thinking at best and more likely completely delusional. Shame on Newsweek for providing a platform for this nonsense. Creating balance isn't simply a matter of airing contrary opinions - certainly there are conservative writers out there with a more sensible presentation. Newsweek should try to find some for subsequent issues.

Levins assertion that conservatism is an "unusually intellectual political movement" is laughable. That may have been true 30 years ago, in the heyday of Buckley, but it certainly is no longer the case, and hasn't been since Reagan's ascension. The party that spent the last few decades overtly manipulating voters' basest fears (including racism, homphobia, and the "Evil Empire" of Russia) has relinquished it's claim to superior intellect. Witnessing the cultivated folksy appeal of the party's latest rock star, Sarah Palin, confirms that Levin's assertions are wishful thinking at best and more likely completely delusional. Shame on Newsweek for providing a platform for this nonsense. Creating balance isn't simply a matter of airing contrary opinions - certainly there are conservative writers out there with a more sensible presentation. Newsweek should try to find some for subsequent issues.

The best thing for America is for the GOP to be the 10% party that way they will never ever again be able to inflict their message on our wonderful country. The myths perpetutrated by Reagan and his stream of zealots were never true. There was no welfare queen with 5 cadillacs. If only the GOP road back passed by the barn of truth instead of the growing GOP pile of manure where lies are created and the truth is fabricated out of hate and fear. However, the more we hear from Delay, Gingrich, Armey, Sacrborough, Limbaugh, Boehner, Vitters and the rest the more sure the GOP will continue to fall from grace and be a true party of 10%. Lets make sure the GOP stays out of power and make America strong again!

As long as the Republican Party continues to be lead by the teachings of Rush Limbaugh,, they will continue to be a party that is out of power.

The road back? Sure, there is one, it looks like this:

(1) Denial (this isn't happening to me!) any article addressing the intellectualism of Reagan conservatism or attempting to pass the blame off on opponents or making false claims in general about opponents (e.g. welfare state, tax and spend, the country will be ruined IF???, etc.)

(2) Anger (why is this happening to me?) any article that starts with ???I hope the President fails??????, "it's all Bill Cinton's fault" or any other strawman, such as slurring the President???s name or femi-nazis or any rotten unprincipled statement made, such as discussing the breeding habits of liberals.

(3) Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...) any article that begins with "we lost our way, but now we're found" or ???we must get back to our founding principles??? or ???democrats MADE us do it, but we can change now???

(4) Depression (I don't care anymore) any article which states "we're leaving and y'all can just die without us" or alarms such as the commies are coming or the union will split under armed insurrection.

(5) Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes) no known articles to date, but when it happens, then, and only then, can open and honest discussions, in a non-partisan fashion, occur for the betterment of America (but not until the mistakes are acknowledged, admitted, and atoned for)

In spite of the desire of many for instant karma, it won???t happen that way (even though many desperately want it to be so). Current status indicators seem to show the GOP is deeply in Stage 1, though on some days, many are attempting to break out into Stage 2. Most that have run the 5 stages are now independents, libertarians, or democrats.

A Willie Nelson tune to ease the travels:

And I can???t wait to get on the road again.
On the road again-
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We???re best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way

Yes, there must be new ways the Republicans just haven't realized yet to cripple America even further, as if religious intolerance, bigotry, fear mongering, racism, hostility toward environmental concerns, a peculiar preoccupation with reproductive issues along with people's sex lives, and selling out to the highest bidder weren't enough. Ugh.

I really don't think the Republican party has a road back. During the past 8 years they've been nasty, nasty people under the leadership of a complete idiot of a president, and their old tactics nowadays will not solve anything for this country, including the financial crisis that the Bush administration has created. Their present goal is not to solve the problems in the country that are leading to a major worldwide depression, but rather insist on merely criticising the new administration, not allowing any new ideas to flourish. Their position will bring on that depression, causing havoc in the world that will lead to terrorism knocking on our door once again, this time with nuclear weapons.

Obama is misreading the election returns. When America voted to cancel the White House lease of Mr. Bush, it did not vote Barack Obama a blank check.

By misinterpreting his mandate, Obama has accomplished something John McCain could not ??? unite the Republican Party and instill in it a new esprit de corps. For the Obama budget is an insult to the core belief of the party ??? that free people, not coercive government, should shape the character of society.

By daring Republicans to fight on the issue of a $1.75 trillion deficit, Obama has liberated the GOP from any obligation to him. He has come out of the closet as a radical liberal spoiling for a fight over an agenda of radical change.

Sooner than any might have thought, we have clarity.

The world economy is a real mess under Republican leadership. W@ho in their right mind can stomach utter failure. The road back is the bridge to nowhere for dubious reasons. America may go completely under given their poor performance the past eight years. We can no longer trust any thinking they may have since looking for the weapons of mass destruction. We must work with President Obama until he proofs out of touch. America needs real leadership that the GOP needs to needs to find a new name and game.

And I thought it was Clinton who reformed welfare. I remember him being the one to change welfare for the better and now the Republicans claim it as their achievment. Surely, you can name some real achievement, then you wouldn't have to try to steal one from a democrat.

The REPUKES have led this country down the road to ruin. They are working against Pres. Obama now, they are obstructing him at every turn, and have shown thier loyalty to thier GOP is 1st, country a distant 2nd. Wake up people, this union busting and outsourcing of jobs started with thier "hero" Ronald Reagan, and Dubya just about finished off the middle class. They are a party of rich idealouges, thier following mostly in the South, where the population is resistant to change and are living in the past. They made this mess, and how can you vote for a Bobby Jindal, who has 0 charisma and looked like a brown Gumby rebutting Obama. LMAO!!! I guess that pill popping fat junkie j-off Limbo is your leader. That says it all. Hope he stays alive long enough to REALLY bury the REPUKES. Thanx Dubya&Co, ur illegal war has bankrupted us and split the country. I bet they stage a "terror attack" to make Obama look bad. CHENEY is EVIL. Fear is thier weapon. Halliburton made BILLIONS off Iraq war. Swine, fat rats indict Cheney and put him in jail.

For each party, there is often a division between what is preached and what is enacted into law. The villain in all of this is greed. Politicians seem only interested in what is good for those who have power and not for those who are not. It is time that "we the people" take charge of our government by electing people who will vote for their principles and not special intersts. We cannot blame conservatives or liberals for the problems of this country we can only blame ourselves.