Posted on 09/13/2012 5:50:09 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
—President John F. Kennedy, Economic Report of the President, January 1963...If only more of today’s leaders thought like JFK.
Yeah, well he was a Democrat. Look what happened to him in 1964.
One small correction, that was november 63. Of course then in came the Great Society ideas of that jerk from Texas.
Kennedy was also in favor of reduced or eliminated tariffs. He noted the correlation between higher tariffs and reduced trade. I wrote a paper about this in school in 62 prasing his idea but then again that was at a time Economics was actually taught and studied.
Funny thing, that “progressive” moniker -
when fascism became “unfascionable” in the late thirties and early forties, the fascist supporters here in America started calling themselves “progressives”, then when that label came to be understood for what it was, they became “liberals”, and now they’re “progressives” again.
A “Progressive” promotes “progress”, but only if that “progress” is toward more centralized control and less individual liberty.
Just had to pay $4.15 for gas today and I was thinking about our Governor and the illegals with library cards. My friends will not come back to CT and I told them, “h$ll, you are paying $8 for Lukoil and your complaining about $4?” We had a laugh but it really was not funny.
Exactly what has been the positive impact of the free trade policies of the last 20 years? The standard of living of the average household has declined. The US industrial infrastructure has been gutted and our enemy China is becoming a world power thanks to outsourcing of our manufacturing. The value of the dollar has declined and we have run massive trade deficits. How has this free trade with mercantilist nations helped the average citizen or contributed to our economic strength?
No, unwillingness to let the government control everything is the heart and soul of this country.
Dayton says we need to pay higher taxes to meet public needs.
How about we get really specific here about needs, Mark baby.
I might remind you of the 40% Federal deficit, which means of every Federal dollar coming into MN, at least 40% is borrowed bucks.
What that means is you and yours are in the hole before you even start your budget negotiations, and that is why revenue is not the solution you leftists think it is. There is already way too much “revenue” floating around. Revenue that is borrowed bucks, is in reality NOT revenue at all is it? It is on the other side of the ledger.
Until we get a handle on expenditures, Government does not
deserve a dime increase in so called revenue. So now maybe
you will understand the “people’s” antagonism to tax increases.
...but I doubt you will ever understand!
YEs, killing progress by keeping greedy politicians from further looting the pockets of the productive in society to buy the votes of the parasites, unions, and various other progs who support the kenyan marxist pig.
nothing new, they’ve been out there spewing that “Grover Norquist is Public Enemy #1” for some time now.
Why not cut out a lot of the pork by doing a historical analysis of all the current pork as opposed to the past pork to determine how much has been added over the years and then see what we can really get by on? When every classroom has a new computer for every kid ever year and the police cars are always new or only 2 yrs old you have a problem. Now I know those items are generally paid for by local taxes, however many grants are given by the federal government too. We are already taxed to death paying income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, fuel taxes, toll fees, inspection / registration fees on autos, high leisure item taxes, oil disposal taxes, Spanish American War taxes...so WHAT THE HE’LL are they saying we don’t enough taxes for. America needs a reset button. Liberals want everyone ELSE to pay THEIR share.
November 22, 1963
Like California, Minnesota businesses are fleeing the high taxes and moving to lower tax states. Neighboring South Dakota has no state income tax and lower business taxes and is benefiting from Minnesota’s high taxes.
For example, on the national level, how many departments and agencies are ministering to the American Indians on their reservations? If you said the Bureau of Indian Affairs, you'd be naming only one of 17! What do these other 16 do that is so important? We should pare them to one and get rid of the duplication (and excess government drones).
“Virginia didn’t raise taxes and we have a surplus.”
Florida just reported that it also has a surplus.
Well it certainly does throw a stick in the spokes of the wheel of Progressivism!!
He's not stupid at all, look where he is. The people who voted for him OTO are really stupid and probably extremely lazy as well. Looters who plunder and squander like Dayton don't get elected by accident. They get elected because the represent the attitudes of the majority of the voters (plus some fraud) in their respective districts.
We already have 25% of our labor force not paying taxes because they aren’t working.
If we don’t fix the structural issues in the economy including restoring import tariffs, nobody will be paying taxes and government won’t haven any money or credit left.
We already have 25% of our labor force not paying taxes because they aren’t working.
If we don’t fix the structural issues in the economy including restoring import tariffs, nobody will be paying taxes and government won’t haven any money or credit left.
If those in need of "public funds" don't get them, they'll move elsewhere.
Public “needs” like Vikings stadium,Gopher stadium,Saints stadium, etc...
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