Posted on 04/21/2015 12:20:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I see him as too much of a go along to get along type of person. For that reason I agree with you. I’m sure common core seems to him a relatively harmless practice. What he doesn’t realize is the insidiousness of progressivism. They start small eventually stick their hooks in and take as much freedom from you as they can. No more compromise with the left. I want a president who will dig in and move away from the left in every way possible
The danger for the baby boomers and beyond is not enough people working to support those getting benefits.
I am almost 60 and have been reading the pro and con arguments over when to take SS, at 62 or later.
Given the Demographics, Budget problems, and the state of the Social Welfare programs financially, it might make sense to take it at 62 and get all you can before the implosion.
Once a voter goes into CRUZ-control, there’s no turning back.
You need the co-operation of Congress as a whole to tackle the major problems we have.
Just the other day I learn that if we don't change on spending and paying down the debt, at least $1 Trillion of the budget will be to do nothing but pay interest on the Debt.
The Fed will never be able to raise interest rates for that simple reason, they have to control the long end of the Bond Market and keep rates as low as possible. So right now we are screwed.
Go away, Huckster.
You’re so 1990s.
Huck’s a tax raiser and an amnesty queen.
The liberals are really scared of Cruz and Walker! They are throwing all these stories of “alternative” candidates at the readers.
Huckabee has a problem. He is not electable. He is a sunshine conservative.
How come there are so many moderate democrats running for the GOP ticket?
To me, Huckabee is one step up from the Bible-shysters like TV-preachers! I don’t trust him any further than I can throw him!
I’m not sure how I’m screwed anytime soon. When interest rates start to go up I will likely change my investment strategy.
You’re right, of course, that any progress will require the support of Congress. Over the last few decades congress has been almost embarrassingly deferential to the chief executive. A strong-willed president with a clear mandate will get his way with Congress in almost every way
The evangelical christians, especially from the south would prefer Huckabee over Cruz.
“Why would I want Huckabee when I can have Cruz? Same thing with Santorum.”
I agree. But both will shave off a few point here or there and get some money, especially when propped up by Roger Ailes.
People believe that they traded 15%* of their incomes over decades for a promise by the federal government to pay them certain sums of money at retirement, no different from any pension plan. That elements of the GOP want to renege on this promise is not just politically retarded, it is an injustice for which the party will pay at the polls if it follows through. Paul Ryan, the political autist who dreamed up a misconceived scheme to cut SS and Medicare that strikes at retirement incomes for core middle income GOP voters (sub-$50K), has deservedly had his presidential hopes deep-sixed.
* 15% is more than many people (sub-$50K income) pay in Federal income taxes as a % of total income, so this isn't a trivial amount.
Not pickin’ on you. Just wanted to express my reaction to anything Huckabee in as few words as possible. The only other two word phrase that comes to mind is: Good Grief!
HUCKABEER
awesome!
That one just might stick. LOL!
Huckabee is to the left of most democrats on fiscal issues. He’s a conservative on social issues only.
“I agree. But both will shave off a few point here or there and get some money, especially when propped up by Roger Ailes.”
Not sure. If in your vast skill set you have the same skills as your primary opponent, you are at an advantage. Cruz can get the evangelicals just as well as Huckabee or Santorum could plus he has his other qualities which neither have.
I cannot see a donor, spending millions to siphon votes... scratch that, I can see it. Just not someone like the Kochs.
Whether I like it or not, if there are not enough workers,i.e., Demographics to make the Ponzi scheme work then it can't.
I see no real choice but to cut benefits if the programs are to survive in their current state.
We are all in a hole that can't be fixed without hard choices and there just won't be any made. Everyone wants more government and their benefits. We are heading for Japan like status, maybe already there. They can't let their interest rates rise above 1.5% or their entire budget blows to Hell. We have kicked the Can Down the Road about as far as it can go. So the next step will be a selective Debt Default to survive or a complete collapse that will probably be presided over by Hillary.
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