So far, the entire field has been very weak on the issue of the federal budget, taxation, spending, Wall Street corruption, the out-of-control Federal Reserve and other financial/fiscal issues. They’re all off in the weeds on such trivial nonsense, it boggles the mind that they cannot see the elephant in the room that we’re approaching a point where, once we’re in a little more debt, we have no path forward but those similar to Greece, Italy and Spain. It further astounded me that Perry couldn’t think of three agencies to cut to nothing when there’s a list a dozen long. If you can’t remember one on stage, then name another, fer cryin’ out loud. Just start swinging an axe in DC, and fast.
Ron Paul appears to get the idea... sometimes... but then he gets a hair up his nose and he’s chasing butterflies out into the deep grass again.
Thad McCotter gave the only voice to the fiscal & financial issues early in the campaign, but he was hazed out rather early (and deservedly so - he has no executive experience). Huntsman appears as of this past week to “get it” WRT to the “TBTF” bankers.
I agree that Bachman was a huge disappointment on taxation.