The Golden Days Are Over

Townhall.com ^ | July 6, 2011 | Mike Shedlock

[Conservative Vet]

Perhaps one last tax-repatriation holiday to bring the money back and permanently slash the corporate tax rate to make us competitive. The biggest structural problem is long-term unemployment and the uncertainty this administration has caused makes it hard for businesses commit to hiring. One proposal that makes sense is to allow the repatriation with strings attached that the money will be used for hiring and capital expenditures. John Chambers of Cisco brought up the tax holiday a year ago in an Op-Ed but Washington isn’t listening. A Republican should bring forth this plan as a way to deal with unemployment while Obama continues to “lead from behind”.

[rdb3]

What will those people do to earn a living and support a family if we are not going to bring the factories back.

That's a good question! If we can just get rid of all the needless regulations and nutty environmental claptrap, factories can make a big comeback.

I hope so, at least.

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

[Repeal The 17th]

I wish a buck was still silver, and it was back when the country was strong, Back before Elvis,
and before the Vietnam war came along,
Before the Beatles and yesterday,
when a man could still work, and still would.

Is the best of the free life behind us now,
and Are The Good Times Really Over For Good?

Are we rollin’ downhill like a snowball headed for hell?
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell?

I wish Coke was still cola, and a joint was a bad place to be.
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before Microwave ovens,
when a girl could still cook, and still would.

Is the best of the free life behind us now,
and Are The Good Times Really Over For Good?

Stop rollin’ downhill like a snowball headed for hell.
Stand up for the flag, and let’s all ring the liberty bell.
Let’s make a Ford and a Chevy that’ll still last ten years like they should.

The best of the free life is still yet to come,
And the good times ain’t really over for good.

Thank you, Merle, thank you very much.

[pabianice]

Last weekend, Charles Krauthammer mused that people in their mid-40s and older will probably never work again full time and fairly paid. Of course, such a situation would likely lead to societal collapse.

[pabianice]

And then, there's the valuable Doctorate in Social Justice at UMass/Amherst.

[SaraJohnson]

They used to pick up trades before the Mexican invasion. Now they are stuck...Many go to crime and prision. But Mexicans and the ideology of internationalism is much more important.

[SaraJohnson]

Leftists control the Universities through multicultural, political and economic studies. They are downright harmful to a America but priceless to the Marxists. Without tribalism and race baiting studies, what would liberals do? Education, at all levels needs to stop wasting children’s time with sex, hate and resentment studies. It’s driving the nation crazy.

Perry is going after them in proposed Texas University reform. Austin will flip out. It will be fun to watch. We have not seen conservative reform go after these kooks in a long time.

[wintertime]

This post #5 is well worth taking the time to read.

I especially like the part about the “We Test” franchise. **Excellent** idea!!

Carry-Okie, I think you should write a vanity, so that these ideas could get wider viewing.

[Westbrook]

Education bookmark ...

[verga]

What part of "I agree with competition" don't you get?

I am opposed to the violence you promulgate with your kill'em all let God sort them out attitude.

You are pretty much incapable of well reasoned discussion, and it shows in all those people that no longer support your radical ideas.

[Carry_Okie]

The post to which you replied referred to mine.

I am opposed to the violence you promulgate with your kill'em all let God sort them out attitude.I am opposed to the violence you promulgate with your kill'em all let God sort them out attitude.

Is that really what you think I am proposing? You do know that this country had over 90% literacy when public schools were instituted? What is it now?

You are pretty much incapable of well reasoned discussion, and it shows in all those people that no longer support your radical ideas.

Well, I admit that my ideas are radical, but they would work, especially when compared to continuing to feed the current disaster. We've already tried that multiple times for over fifty years! What's your problem with "radical" at that point?

[verga]

I was replying to Wintertime, I must have hit the wrong psot button I apologize.