I did indeed voice disappointment that so many Freepers would support this colossal boondoggle. I am very concerned this will split Conservatives down the middle. This thread illustrates just that. Some of you do the knee jerk thing. "Gold's buying into MSM rants". Or what is he some Third Party guy or Buchannite?"
Nothing could be further from the truth. I have supported this President as vigourously as anyone behind a microphone. However, I want my President back. I didn't elect a President who has morphed into LBJ or FDR. Even the Libs (see Krugman) are calling this a "New Deal Style Program." This is what I wrote on my website. You can follow the link there. In the meantime, think about this. Yesterday I had Dr. John Berthoud on the show. He's President of the National Taxpayer Foundation. I've been impressed with these folks for years. Berthoud told me he had recently had dinner with Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn. Asked Coburn about "rebuilding"the Gulf Coast with Federal dollars. Coburn's reply was No. I'm a Conservative First. Republican second. Time to choose sides gang. I have not sweat blood for decades now for the notion of less government, lower taxes and personal freedoms to have that work swept away by a storm. Nothing has changed. Storms come and go.
Government is a necessary evil. Underline evil. Every dollar the government takes from you is a dollar less freedom you possess. I remember reading Hayek, Friedman, Mises, Rothbard, William Simon's "A Time For Truth", Ringer's "Restoring The American Dream", Gilder's "Wealth And Poverty",Adam Smith, Michael Novak's "Spirit Of Democratic Capitalism, et al. These are the foundations that brought us where we are today. A hurricane doesn't negate their truths. I will not let my heart rule my head. I will not allow Republicans to steal away the dreams of the Conservative Movement.
The Gulf Coast will be rebuilt. It will be rebuilt by the American people and the Free Markets. Government can provide infrastructure. Then get out of the way. I will not support a modern day Keynesian WPA-like program that will be everything we have pointed towards as being government failures over the years.
I voted for President Bush. I like him very much as a person. He's got a great heart. His obsession of wiping out the threat of Islamofacism I share. It's the role of government to provide national defense. It is not the role of government to hand out debit cards used at Hooters.
On some nights, I can pick up your show from here! I am thrilled.
Please give my best to your sweet wife.
Hi! Glad you made it to the thread.