08-18-2011, 03:35 PM | #1 | ||
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Obama is "in over his head"
That, from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a 22-minute interview a couple of weeks ago. The full video of the interview is here, with a summary column in the WSJ here, from which I quote:
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This approach is captured both in the "stimulus" and in Obamacare, and (I think) will ultimately be the undoing of his presidency. His nonsensical "hope and change" fooled a majority of voters last time around, but I don't think they'll be fooled again. One can only ... hope.
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08-19-2011, 04:42 PM | #2 | |
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Tex, if you have truly gotten to the point where you take Cantor's words as substantive rather than political, well- it won't help to spoon feed you the conclusion of what that says about you. Step outside of the hyperpartisan box you live in. Leave all politics alone for 5 minutes. Focus exclusively on policy. I'm genuinely interested in how you would respond to the following: 1. Do you believe tax increases are always (or even almost always) bad? 2. What tax increases and under what circumstances would you favor? 3. Would you support a bill with 10-1 revenue cuts to tax increases? If not, what's the ratio you would increase? 4. Do you believe spending must be cut right now (both short and long term)? 5. If yes to 4, what amount of spending right now is needed and how should we get there? 6. If yes to 4, what do you see as the difference between tax cuts and spending during a recession to stimulate the economy, if any? Think through the questions and please respond when you have time. You can put 6 to me as well that I will answer (all policy questions- no politics). Something tells me you aren't even going to make an attempt at this. |
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