Congressman Ryan tabbed to be GOP VP nominee
August 11, 2012 at 4:02 am in Pierce County Herald
Wisconsin News — Congresman Paul Ryan will become the first Wisconsinite ever to be on a national politcal ticket among the two major political parties as Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has reportedly chosen him to be the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee. Continue Reading
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This is a great day for Wisconsin! Come election day, it will be even better!
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I’m looking forward to the VP debates…
And don’t worry Alice, Ryan is already being Palinized by lib groups, called a rascist, and the MSM has its negative talking points from the White House.
Gee, couldn’t we just have a discussion about REAL issues…the national debt, job creation, unemployment?????
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Alice can you point out 2 things that the “progressives” have done to make this an economically viable country? Just 2. Simple question.
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I doubt your question will be answered. Unfortunately, our economic problems are result of both D and R policy, but has quickly reached crisis level. For all the negative, bad-mouthing the libs, and even Rs do about the Tea Party, it is the Tea Party that is demanding change.
“…When Barack Obama took office, the U.S. national debt was 10.6 trillion dollars. Today, it is 15.6 trillion dollars and it is rising at the rate of about 150 million dollars an hour. During the Obama administration so far, the U.S. government has accumulated more debt than it did from 1776 to 1995. The United States now has a debt to GDP ratio of over 100 percent, and another credit rating agency downgraded U.S. debt earlier this month. Any talk of a positive economic future is utter nonsense as long as we are bleeding red ink as a nation far faster than we ever have before. It is absolutely immoral to wreck the financial future of our children and our grandchildren and to leave them with a bill for the greatest mountain of debt in the history of the world, but that is exactly what we are doing…” *
The author quotes Tony Robbins in putting million, billion and trillion into perspective:
A million seconds is about 12 days
A billion seconds is just short of 32 years
A trillion seconds is about 31,688 years.
* etfdailynews.com/2012/04/16/anyone-with-half-a-brain-should-see-that-a-gigantic-economic-collapse-is-coming-indexsp-inx-gld-slv/
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As I pointed out in my comment, the policies (and actions) of both the Dems and Repubs are to blame for the deficit.
Now, do you want to change things, pass the problem on to the next genertions, or point fingers at past republicans (while apparently ignoring the dems)? What is your choice?
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I was curious about the Clinton budget surplus, so looked into it. Yes, regardless of accounting method (cash basis-which is the usual govt reporting method, or accrual bais-which is used by most corportations and states when applying for fed programs) Clinton ran a budget surplus. The article points out a robust economy (resulting in unanticipated tax revenue), and stock market gains (unanticipated capital gains tax revenue) were important to the surplus.
However, budget deficit/surplus is different than debt. While the debt under Clinton decreased, it was NOT erased. Keep in mind, the Chinese are the principle financiers of our debt today…and that DEBT is what is weighing down the economy and present/future wage earner will HAVE to pay back.
factcheck.org/2008/02/the-budget-and-deficit-under-clinton/
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Well I’m slightly confused…Clinton gets credit for a budget surplus, the economic/stock market added unexpected (that is, it wasn’t anticipated in the modelling) tax revenue which increased the surplus even more. What’s wrong with identifying the reasons for the unexpected revenue? And you know what…it was the tech stocks that drove the stock market higher than expected, and when that bubble burst…what happened?
I guess you’ll have to link to a source where, “Obama takes the fall for a bad economy”…all I’ve ever heard him say is, “I inherited a bad economy.” That’s blaming his predessor, not taking the fall. And I seem to remember Obama promising to get unemployment under 8%, or he would be a one-term president. Those were his words, his promise.
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Gee Alice, those were the exact same talking points I heard from Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on the Fox program this morning, and repeated almost word-for-word by David Alexrod on the ABC program.
How about a little honest light on Ryan’s proposed budget compared to Obama’s? At this linked article you will find an interactive map comparing the two, with data taken from the White House Budget Summary and Ryan’s Path to Prosperity plan.
And surprise, surprise, surprise…,, the Dems aren’t telling the truth about Ryan’s medicare proposal,
“Amazingly Paul Ryan want to spend more on Medicare than president Obama every year for the next 10 years. To be fair, Ryan takes a big bite out of Medicaid for six years starting in 2016.”
Read more at http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/04/interactive-map-paul-ryan-vs-obama.html#KqbSmmlxu4woxlFG.99
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I realize you are stating Ryan’s plan from the Democrat page. I believe Ryan will have the opportunity over the next 80+days to truthfully explain the plan. He refers to “vouchers” that allow individuals to purchase the kind of insurance they need/want. If you have enough money…what is wrong with that? If you are a lucky senior in good health…what’s wrong with that?
“90 year olds with Alzheimer’s in nursing homes will be getting checks and making their own decisions as to which insurance plan to purchase?”
Okay, that sounds like hyperbole. My question is: did the person with Alzheimer’s know he/she had the disease so badly he/she even knew he/she needed to be in a nursing home?
How about a little common sense (and I speak from personal experience)…if a person is having problems with personal decisions in his/her life (such as paying bills) due to Alzheimers, usually someone has stepped in and power of attorney has been granted to a responsible party.
And also keep in mind: Ryan’s plan actualy puts more $ toward Medicare the first 10 years of the plan than Obama’s plan.
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ANSWER THE QUESTION!!! You speak so much hyperbole you don’t know how to answer a simple question.
President Obama said in 2009 if he couldn’t get unemployment below 8% he should be a one term president…how come he is still in the fight?
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Every single “progressive” in a nut shell (i.e. ALICE)…
http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/08/12/national-reviews-rich-lowry-destroys-msnbcs-rachel-maddow-meet-press
Progressives cannot or will not answer any direct question because as a “progressive”, everything economically related is as REGRESSIVE as they come.
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“The Fed was able to just print money ”
Now explain the long-term benefits of this policy, and it’s impact on savings accounts, inflation, global business. thank you
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“The only thing Obama didn’t do he should have done was to stimulate the economy with even greater amounts of money”
Just how many billions of government $ (and remember, government money is actually TAXPAYER $ + borrowed $) should Obama have spent?
Another stimulus program, Rural Utilities Service, was supposed to create 3,384 jobs, but created only about 416. Big bureaucratic failure.
blog.heritage.org/2012/08/14/rural-utilities-create-zero-jobs-despite-47-million-in-stimulus-funding/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Ryan isn’t fooled by the father-of-lies Obama and is going to unabashedly tell the truth with no frills attached. Ryan was a great pick and I applaud Romney for it.
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