Posted on 04/13/2007 9:34:19 AM PDT by meg88
Rudy Giuliani would make a superb president. He combines Reaganesque vision with extraordinary attention to detail.
He is strong on national security and also has the principles and policies to strengthen the economy. He is a tax cutter and a foe of the federal income tax's complexity.
Rudy Giuliani is not afraid of trying to do Big Things. He successfully tackled the welfare mess in New York City, even before the welfare reform act of 1996. By the time he was through, welfare rolls had been cut nearly 60%.
In short, he is not afraid to pursue major structural changes, even in the face of the conventional wisdom and an entrenched status quo political establishment.
When he took office the city faced a horrendous deficit. He was strongly advised to raise taxes. The new mayor made the point that he was not a tax booster by sending those proposals to the dumpster. Instead, he cut taxes and spending.
Giuliani kept the average growth of government spending at nearly half the growth of the city economy. That restraint was in stark contrast to the growth in federal spending ...
Giuliani cut or eliminated 23 taxes. The overall tax burden for a New York City resident went down a remarkable 17%.
Giuliani was also successful in battling a bloated bureaucracy. While he deliberately increased the numbers of police and teachers, he whacked away at the employment rolls everywhere else.
During Giuliani's tenure the Big Apple's economy blossomed: 423,000 new jobs were created. More people were moving into the city than leaving it. That he achieved so much going against a generations-old spend-tax-welfare political ethos is astonishing.
And, of course, his response to 9/11 is legendary--and rightly so.
Thank you. I was a Forbes supporter, 10 years ago (or so) when he actually turned up on a ballot somewhere. He seems different now.
Sorry about that. I hope you had a handkerchief handy!
Unfortunately, he just reverted back to where he was in 1996...before he decided he needed the votes of prolife conservatives.
Ah, I see. 1996 is about the first time I paid any attention to him, aside from his business discussion, which was very sensible.
And, of course, his response to 9/11 is legendary...."Legendary" is right, because he actually didn't do
The Rooty Rooters love comparing Rooty to Nagin - excuse me while I laugh. If you have to sink that low to make Rooty look good, well ... its just pathetic.
This easily and already disproved puff piece can only hurt.
Is forbes trying to get a job at CNN?
The parts of the editorial you deleted are probably also worthy of reading:
He is a fervent free trader, much needed, as global protectionist pressures are rising.
LMBO!
I am out here in God’s country. And I am not the only one in the heartland that supports Rudy !
He is going to make a great President. You will regret what you have said about him someday.
Never.
It is all up to Fred. If he stays out Rudy will win.
This election is about who is the best leader for WW3. The other stuff is secondary.
As Abraham Lincoln said: We'll never be conquered or destroyed by any external force. If America goes down, it will be by national suicide, killed by those who have destroyed us from within.
IOW, you couldn't be more wrong.
Forbes called himself pro-life, but he was not pro-life, he was pro-choice. He said he was for more restrictions on abortion in late pregnancy and for restrictions on sex selection abortions, but ultimately he was for any woman in the first or second trimester having full choice. That is not a pro-life position, no matter how you cut it.
Absolutely. And we’ve got several Republican candidates this time around who are playing the same deceptive games.
Exactly! Saying you are personally against abortion, while advocating pro-choice positions, does not make you pro-life.
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