Why we can’t move on
Everyone knows that the Democrats caused the current economic problems insisting that we lend money to homebuyers who couldn’t afford to buy homes, but just like a thousand other economic problems caused by pursuing that nebulous “social justice”, we can’t seem to get past this problem because Democrats won’t take responsibility for their inaction and their political posturing. Sure, it would probably cost them an election or two and sure it would probably destroy their whole reason to exist, but it would help the entire country to know the truth about what happened and move our entire culture away from the morally bankrupt welfare system that we’ve had inflicted on us the last seventy years.
It would probably cost some Republicans their jobs, too, for siding with Democrats on their ill-conceived buffoonery. But it should. Everyone should pay a price…including the Libertarians who’ve been so intent on destroying Republicans they never mention the culpability of Democrats. Something about the party in power being everyone’s enemy.
The parties that are out of power are so intent on getting back into power, they’ve forsaken the economic health of our nation to buy their way back into power, they’ve made promises we can’t afford to keep. Are the Republicans angels? No, certainly not. The Republicans became so accustomed to their lofty perch in the Congress, they began to act just like their predecessors and eventually lost Republican stalwart supporters and their money…and as a result, their lofty perch.
Both sides, all sides, have forsaken the American people for some momentary taste of power, for their own job security. The media, full of more social justice warriors, won’t tell the truth about the mess, otherwise they’d have to admit they’ve been wrong all these decades.
As long as being a member of Congress pays in wealth and power, we’ll never be able to move on and our government will continue to make the same mistakes over and over. the democrats have no reason to abandon their “social justice” agenda because the Republicans will always be willing to accept the blame if they can fix the problem with taxpayer money.
The Republicans had the right idea in 1994 election, they just lost their way and it’s time we rank and file members put them back on course.
Category: Politics
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I don’t see why Libertarians are ruining the Republican party. The more laissez faire style that the Republican Revolution brought in 1994 is attractive to Libs, but the Republicans preoccupation with lame Red Herring issues on morality to pander to evangelicals is like Kryptonite. If you can torpedo the base that wants to regulate everything at a federal level from underage drinking to our beloved pornography, maybe some Libs would consider going Repub. Also, the Drug War has always been a bit of a litmus test between Repub/Lib.
Jonn wrote: If it was just ideology the Libertarians wanted to discuss, that’s fine, but they’ve jumped on the anti-Republican bandwagon with the Left because it’s fashionable and they see it as a recruiting tool. If the truth were told, I’m probably more Libertarian than Republican, except on drugs and abortion. But I’d rather have a party that wins elections and doesn’t attract (many) pseudo-intellectual weirdos with Latin screen names.
here’s the thing I haven’t heard much on in this whole debacle: the law in 1999 to open credit for the credit unworthy, and then the Dems (unstopped by Repubs) required banks & other lenders to loan up to 1/2 of their portfolios to those who w/n qualify for traditional mortgages — and in 2006/7 to loan 100% of the [inflated] value in order to “open home ownership to minorities and the poor” (and yes, the greedy lenders jumped @ the chance for hefty fees…)
However, now that those who c/n maintain a mortgage before or after the law change have defaulted, those “poor” neighborhoods are now overwhelmed with foreclosed and abandoned homes falling into disrepair or being vandalized — once again blighting lower income neighborhoods, sinking property values for those who continue to honor their mortgage obligation and sending those former homeowners back to being renters with no equity… the very thing sub-prime mortgages were supposed to “fix”.
enough blame to go around? sure… but let’s start where it really belongs: the dems. really.
ps I have not heard one person tell us where the $700 billion is supposed to come from?? congress told us that they didn’t have the money for roads & bridges… or schools… and could not come up with a measly $2.5 MILLION for the 1,100 military personnel who were STILL paying back their disability severance payments from their VA disabilities!! but $700 Billion for mortgages? (PLUS a whole bunch of pork!) and now auto manufacturers want some, too?? bad bad bad bad…. maybe I s/ get in line with my hand out???
The idea of term limits usually crops up about now in these discussions.
I’ve written several posts about what I feel is an alternative, to wit: Pick congresscritters from the jury pool. Pay them (and their aides/assistants/toadies)on the military pay scale, feed them military chow, and house them in military housing. They do one term and go back into the pool.
The idea has been excoriated by the liberal/left because apparently being a congresscritter requires some sort of expertise found only among lawyers and poli-sci types. [shrug]
Apologies for the mini-hijack/rant. I can offer some justification, perhaps… WV = Byrd, and Rockefeller?
Jonn wrote: I always thought the fastest way to thin the herd is to do away with their retirement system. They’d term limit themselves.
Jonn wrote: I always thought the fastest way to thin the herd is to do away with their retirement system. They’d term limit themselves.
Gotta offer up a ‘Yes, but’ here. That notion certainly couldn’t hurt, and it’s marginally more likely than outright term limits or my idea. Only ‘marginally’ because it’d never get considered, but some politician may well bring it up as a ploy to get votes.
Almost an aside: I do believe the Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves. Among the many foibles and issues they, themselves, had; I still find it hard to believe they could have anticipated what Congress has become.
We hear (relentlessly) about The Imperial Presidency, but little about the pampered Princes in Congress.
Must be time for me to stop wasting your bandwidth and go do a post elsewhere.
I’m for term limits and I am also for sticking it to these basturds for even suggesting that the government step in yet again and have a stake in the banking system. I am all for starting the revolution. Signs for repealing this ridiculous bailout, signs against communism, signs for term limits and lastly: get these scumsucking power hungry basturds out.
DC Tea Party anybody? I am NOT kidding.
I have my strategy all worked out. I’m gonna sit on my porch with a shotgun, with a big sign in my yard that says Dear Hillary and Chuck: You want more of my money, come get it, payable in lead.
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Jonn wrote: ‘At’s m’girl. And I know you can shoot, I’ve seen the Sarah Palin pictures of you with your deer.