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Another Step Closer to the Destruction of America Thanks to the Order-by-Fiat-in-Chief

I had a question for you. Didn’t you send me the pic of pirate Romney, which I saved by the way?

France has chosen the way of Greece…and the hits just keep on coming, eh?

Have you seen the platform for these guys in France, JSobieski?

“Now with control over the 577-seat Assembly, Hollande?s cabinet is secure and enactment seems certain for his left-of-center agenda: a 75 percent marginal tax rate on annual incomes of one million euros or more, new 45 percent tax rate for those earning more than 150,000 euros ($195,000) a year, hiring 60,000 new school teachers, and taking the retirement age in France from 62 back to 60″

http://www.humanevents.com/2012/06/17/socialist-sweep-of-french-assembly-marred-by-segolene-royal-defeat/

The left in America has gone so far left that Hugo Chavez of Venezuela considers Fidel Castro to be to the _right_ of Obama so we have somewhat the same situation here. In this scenario the traditional American liberal is a right winger, the conservative is a “radical” right winger, and the libertrian is a “fringe” right winger.

So any candidate running in this cycle that poses as a “centrist” or “moderate” and spouts the typical “compromise” line is actually willing to compromise with the devil to get socialism instead of communism. That is exactly what has put us in the position that we are in currently and that is how the “center” has been moved so far left. Doing the same thing again and expecting a different outcome is insanity so I must assume that “moving to the center” is exactly their plan and they have no plan at all for moving the “center” to right. They are essentially proposing more of the same and saying that we are on the correct path.

I’ll be voting against them.

A strong charismatic leader may be able to get spending cuts passed once or maybe even twice in a row but politicians are not known for their endurance. They would never be able to keep their fortitude for a decade long plan. They would cave long before the plan would be able to come to fruition. That’s assuming they even manage to maintain political control during the time the plan was to be implemented.

Long term plans to cut spending over time are attractive to many Conservatives but they’re simple not workable in real life.

If Conservatives are ever to get serious about cutting spending then the cuts will have to be made big and done quickly or any serious reduction in spending will simply never occur.

But even with Obama’s big spending budget, they will dip eventually. The problem is that our budget system, our entitlement programs, are unsustainable in the long term. We have to set the wheels in motion for entitlement reform, but we certainly will not be cutting benefits now. And we will be cutting spending, but we won’t be cutting it by say, $1 trillion a year to immediately balance the budget. What we need are reforms that will place us on the path to balance in less than a decade, stabilise the debt, and ensure long-term fiscal discipline and sustainability.

We need swift and steady savings and reforms, and I think the Ryan Budget, the Lee Budget, and the RSC Budget, along with Bowles-Simpson, all offer their own unique benefits (and flaws).

On a national scale, collective penance/servitude of that nature is neither possible nor desirable.

The Greeks are still hoping that they can somehow make everything ok, and so they voted for someone who maybe could have been helpful . .. if done 5 years ago.

Greece should just default. Instead, they started cascading bailouts and bank runs.

The fact is that cutting spending is going to hurt. There’s no way to avoid it.

This is a time when Conservatives need to make a big move and insist on real spending cuts right now even though it will be very unpopular and painful. However, the nation will be much better off in the long run if it gets its finances under control.

Many Conservatives want to avoid it with plans to avoid the tough cuts by stretching it out over 20 to 30 years and hoping the economy grows enough to where the tough cuts won’t have to be made. That however is nothing but self-delusion. Nothing will come of such plans.

If that’s all that Conservatives can do then trillion dollar deficits are here to stay. At least until the whole house of cards collapses.

Conservatives need to be bold and start making some big moves because playing it safe just isn’t a good option anymore.

I was going to say duh since different continents are involved but decided to explain my comment instead…thought you knew I wasn’t an airhead by now