Great news from Van Jones: America is not broke

Hot Air ^ | 7/5/11 | Allahpundit

[Nachum]

An ironic bookend to that Richard Cohen column I linked earlier accusing the GOP of being a “cult” that can’t face unpleasant realities. Look out here for actual chanting about how allegedly un-broke we are. (Even The One is more reality-based than that.) You’ve seen this schtick before — remember Michael Moore’s disgusting speech in Wisconsin about the “400 little Mubaraks” who have stolen “our” money? — but watch it anyway to see how slippery Jones is with the actual numbers. Turns out there’s “a lot” of wealth out there that could be used to reduce the deficit; not enough wealth to keep up with a metastasizing government, especially with entitlement spending set to explode, but still, it’s “a lot.” No need to sweat the details.

James Poulos says it better than me:

In the wake of David Brooks’ instantly infamous column calling Republicans an abnormal party on account of its tax-cut fatalism, it’s just about time for someone to declare the Democratic party deeply abnormal as a result of its (let’s be frank) moronic fatalism on entitlements. I know for a fact that many liberals are not, in point of fact, morons. That makes it all the more disturbing that their party insists, as a matter of political principle and whatever the consequences, that the federal government expand without limit the reach and comprehensiveness of its entitlement regime.

[Nachum]

Big scam Van...

Vid at link

[Nachum]

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[Jonty30]

The left defines broke as actually being totally our of money, not going into debt because the amount being spent is greater than the revenues generated.

When the US cannot meet any of it’s obligations and cannot raise tax revenue, then it will be broke.

[AlexW]

Ahhh, America’s favorite Communist, Van Jones.
But hey, California’s governor wannabe, Whitman, says that
he is a “wonderful man”.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Click The Pic

[Vendome]

And you are not a Shiite Load of Hauxpium...

[freekitty]

Van Jones meant to say Van Jones is not broke because of his scams.

[JohnD9207]

Thank God for Van, I was worried about it for a minute or so. Darn glad a stinking, communist, radical black leader finally told the truth. SARCASM ON.

[Beowulf9]

Oh boyzees!!!

What will we tell all those business owners who have gone south, and those guys who lost their homes, and those guys who lost their jobs, and those guys who can’t find a job?

Oh, well, what do it matter. Van Jones says “America is not broke” and that’s all that matters:)

[andyk]

it’s just about time for someone to declare the Democratic party deeply abnormal as a result of its (let’s be frank) moronic fatalism on entitlements

I know my liberal friends scoff at the notion, but conservatives are just too darned nice.

[Liz]

Oh, shut up Van---and just take the orders.

"You want fries with that?"

[Munz]

This is van trying to be anti Tea Party and start a new movement.

Here is the problem good ole van is going to run into.

They are no longer talking about ideas .. their ideas have been put into practice and it has failed. he is selling ice cubes to Eskimo’s now.

[liberalh8ter]

I believe what we are seeing is the end result of affirmative action (AA). Van Jones is just too stupid to understand economics, history, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence; etc. Along comes the ultimate affirmative action reject who then appoints the first AA idiot to a position within the government and viola, said AA moron earns instant credibility and hoards of smelly, hippie followers who undoubtedly pay big bucks to hear him spew this idiocy, ala Tony Robbins. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that Van Jones wakes up every morning thinking how truly wonderful American Capitalism is; it helps afford him his white wife.