Posted on 05/17/2005 1:01:31 PM PDT by MikeEdwards
Say what you will about the former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, demonized by the Democrats when Clinton was in office, the man’s intellectual powers are impressive. It was, of course, Gingrich, along with former Rep. Dick Armey, who wrote the Contract with America that put the Republican Party in control of Congress in 1994.
The Contract, which virtually all of the then-GOP candidates signed, proposed some concrete solutions to problems. With Republicans in the majority, the welfare system was reformed, balanced budgets followed, and so did the first tax cuts in memory. There were rule changes in the way Congress conducted business. In sum, it was a dramatic response to the lethargy that characterized what forty years of Democrat control had produced.
Today, there is a major debate over the Democrat-inspired program, Social Security, with the realists telling us that this pay-as-you-go program will be bankrupt in the years ahead and calling for a revision that will allow workers to retain more of their own money for their retirement years. Gingrich says personal accounts will plow money back into the financial marketplace giving it a needed boost while insuring a higher retirement payoff.
In January, Gingrich’s new book, "Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract With America" ($27.95, Regnery) was published. It’s the kind of book that policy wonks and political junkies like to read. It’s also the kind of book that anyone entering the workplace, raising a family with kids in school, or concerned about the nation’s moral decline should read. . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
However, if you look at the list of particulars that newt has proposed to do--do you see any that are not beneficial to the country?
I'll not deny Newt's intellect, or his ability to think far "outside the box." What bothers me is his attempts to "make nice" with Democrats and others who suscribe to the "Bigger is Better" form of government.
The ideas outlined in this article are worthy of debate and certainly fall into the realm of beneficial.
HST, it is behavior, not words which really interest me.
Newt's negatives among democrats are far higher than they are among republicans
I actually think that Newt is trying to do to Hillary what Bill Clinton did to him.
Guess we'll just have to wait and see what Newt is up to.
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