While her intentions are good, again, Sarah misspeaks:
“The problem is, we are buried under a mountain of debt, and jobs cannot be created by the private sector. “
WTF???? JOBS CAN BE CREATED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR!!!
Did she mean to say “Jobs cannot be created by the GOVERNMENT???”
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And this:
PALIN: “That was another one of those WTF moments, when he so often repeated this Sputnik moment that he would aspire Americans to celebrate. And he needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist USSR and their victory in that race to space, yes, they won, but they also incurred so much debt at the time that it resulted in the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union.”
There are two things wrong with this:
1) The Sputnik moment did NOT aspire Americans to celebrate at all. It motivated Americans to COMPETE against Russia.
2) The Sputnik victory in the race to space was a minor victory (we were close behind them anyway) and any debt they incurred during that program “at that time” MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT result in the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union. Rather, it was the gradual military buildup during the cold war culminated during Reagan’s term and the communist system itself that deprives individuals of their incentive to produce that caused their system to collapse.
So, therefore, this is just yet another example of the many vapid comments made by Palin (in spite of her intent and her philosophy being in the right place).
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Then there’s the way simplistic “Spudnut” analogy about a doughnut shop. So is she saying we need more doughnut shops and that’ll get us out of this economic malaise? Well, yes, but we need to have more world-class scientists & engineers. We need less government, etc.
This type of simplistic thought and inarticulateness has appeal to a lot of Americans but it turns off many conservatives, including me.
I want someone more articulate like Michelle Bachman or Mike Rogers to be the spokesperson for our movement. Palin would be a good RNC Chairwoman.
Context is in this instance Palin was referring to the problem (burden of debt) and what it causes (no lob creation).
She was making the argument that more debt will not create jobs...
There are two things wrong with this:
1) The Sputnik moment did NOT aspire Americans to celebrate at all. It motivated Americans to COMPETE against Russia.
She was referring to Obama calling him offbase for referring to "Sputnik moment" as a rally cry...
2) The Sputnik victory in the race to space was a minor victory (we were close behind them anyway) and any debt they incurred during that program “at that time” MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT result in the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union. Rather, it was the gradual military buildup during the cold war culminated during Reagan’s term and the communist system itself that deprives individuals of their incentive to produce that caused their system to collapse.
She simply made an analogy comparing the Soviet system versus the American Capitalist system -one centrally controlled and one not -one big government and one not -one in debt as a result of communist system and one not. ALL the government 'projects' were flawed in this way -space and military. The space race was but on flawed debt ridden project that contributed to the downfall. It was not all military debt. It was a flawed system trying to compete with a productive system that did them in...