Perry to Alabama Republicans: Time to cut government

Gadsden Times ^ | Aug. 12, 2011 | JAY REEVES/AP

[Clairity]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday delivered a conservative message to Alabama Republicans on the eve of his expected presidential announcement, stressing the need to defeat President Barack Obama and reduce the size of government to make the country friendlier to job-creating businesses.

Perry called the federal government a "sprawling mess" that needs to be returned to the limited sized envisioned by the nation's founders in the Constitution.

[Clairity]

This is exactly what we need.

[Texas Fossil]

Yep, it is TIME to DownSize DC!

Close entire departments beginning with the U.S. Department of Education (re-education) including their SWAT Team.

[Clairity]

I agree. Then continue with the ATF, EPA, Dept of Commerce and Energy, none of them do any good.

[Bigun]

I couldn’t agree more!

[exnavy]

Eliminate the dept. of education. And the cabinet position that goes with it.

[exnavy]

If the feds let us common folk help them, we could be well on the way to a balanced budget in say 4 or 5 days.

[Texas Fossil]

No, they don’t.

If there is any residual it should be returned to the States to administer.

Only exception to what you suggested is the Dept. of Energy. Within that department is an area of the Weapons Industry that should have remained under the Atomic Energy Commission and not under the Department of Energy.

[guitarplayer1953]

First they need to give everyone who has invested in the Government for the past 40-50 years a refund on all the money we have given in the form of Social Security. It is not an entitlement it was and is an forced investment.

[Clairity]

“Within that department is an area of the Weapons Industry that should have remained under the Atomic Energy Commission and not under the Department of Energy.”

And I agree with that.

I hope Perry gets elected and some of the first things he will do is exactly to look at all the useless, in fact, damaging, government departments to cut.

It seems the first things everone wants to cut is defense, when in fact that is one of the few things that should be well funded and it’s one of the few things the Federal Gov indeed should be doing.

[Clairity]

Executive Departments
•Department of Agriculture (USDA)
•Department of Commerce (DOC)
•Department of Defense (DOD)
•Department of Education (ED)
•Department of Energy (DOE)
•Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
•Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
•Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
•Department of Justice (DOJ)
•Department of Labor (DOL)
•Department of State (DOS)
•Department of the Interior (DOI)
•Department of the Treasury
•Department of Transportation (DOT)
•Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This is how you "create" jobs -- you create an environment that is friendly to employers!

RICK PERRY:

FIRST: "Don't spend all the money!"

SECOND: "Have a fair and predictable tax and regulatory policy!"

THIRD: "Have a legal system that doesn't allow for over suing and make loser pay!"

[Texas Fossil]

Yep, target rich environment.

[Clairity]

Just came across this:

Perry names Rush Limbaugh “honorary Texan”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AmjENXC3zA

Perry names Hannity “honorary Texan”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KnmRJ4-7d0&feature=relmfu

[tsowellfan]

Perry’s already got Ads made! He must have been working on these underground.

http://tinyurl.com/3fl8w5p

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perry made Sarah Palin an honorary Texan too.

Just like "I'm Spatacus,"

...."We're all Texans!"

[gitmogrunt]

http://cautionamerica.com/?p=1582

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This is good.

Students for Perry -- 3:34 YouTube Video: IT'S TIME FOR RICK PERRY

[ZULU]

I’m comfortable with Perry, Bachmann, or Cain.

Romney is not the best choice.

Paul has serious issues with respect to foreign policy although conceptually I believe we should only get involved in conflicts where our own best interests or those of a close ally are involved.

Pawlenty, Huntsmen, Christie, need to weeded out of the running.

[ought-six]

Perry has his warts, but he sounds more Reaganesque than the other candidates, with the possible exception of Sarah Palin. As a candidate against The Obastard, I think Perry is the more formidable (I like Sarah, but the DNC propaganda wing — i.e., the MSM — has done such a hit job on her that I think it would be hard for her to carry enough states to get the requisite 270 EVs).

[ought-six]

I mentioned that to someone I know who is a hardcore lefty, who adores big government (the bigger, the better), who is a parasite on the tax-payer, and who has a visceral hatred of conservatives and business (predictably, he is from Wisconsin). When I told him that if the SSA gave me back all I had put in to SS, in one lump sum, I’d even waive any interest, and I would call it even, he hit the roof, yelling: “It’s not your money!” Typical Rat bastard.