Posted on 07/27/2015 12:35:31 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Touche! Exactly Right.
Been doing a lot of reading today about lots of subjects. One article virtually guaranteed that 11:59 vote by Boehner.
Where EXACTLY in the U.S. Constitution is Congress granted the specific, enumerated power to lend money to private businesses?
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I have read a number of articles about this situation and better minds than yours or mine agree that it is not profitable. That’s why it’s referred to as corporate welfare. If it were profitable it wouldn’t be addressed in that way and the argument would be made the it is not welfare. No one is making that argument except you and the Chamber of Commerce.
I won’t go any further than that because clearly you are not going to be persuaded by facts.
The IMF fund, IMO, is nothing more than another high stakes slush fund for politicians to manipulate to their advantage. Kill it!!
Here again is the great divide in the GOP.
I am a Main St Republican - and you appear to be a Big Business/Corporate Republican. Before you get all huffy, there may be a better distinction but for now, I want to get to my point.
Main St Republicans are sick of hearing multi nationals tell us they have to offshore our jobs to be competitive - plus, they need taxpayers to subsidize their sales by way of the Import Export Bank.
Then they argue that they need to keep the profits offshore because they don’t want to pay taxes on the money they made, using taxpayer subsidies, and foreign labor.
NOBODY is giving me anything. My small business hasn’t got the clout to get anything from anyone. I pay it all. And my poor kids, they make just enough for Washington to take 40% of their paycheck... and they get no favors either.
This is why so many conservatives stay home at election time.
Both parties take care of specific interests... Dems love their gays, illegals, pubic employees and welfare mothers.
Republicans look after the BIG boys, the banks, corporations, Wall St... and now gays, illegals, public employees and welfare mothers because they don’t think they can win the MIDDLE without the Democratic special interests.
AND AGAIN... nothing and nobody for the vanishing Middle Class
When we kicked ou the weasel Eric Cantor here in VA-7 last year, it spooked them pretty good. They had planned to pass the Rubio Gang amnesty bill last August, but more of them did not want to get Cantorized.
Many more of them NEED to be Cantorized.
I think you could not be more wrong. I think the House would have simply passed this with an up or down vote before they went on recess if Senator Cruz had not made it a political hot potato by shining the light on the Senate’s corruption.
You speak only for your own mind.
Reagan thought the Export Bank was important. I’m in pretty good company.
Good
Senator Cruz vindicated by House Reps. Drive another stake through Ex-Im.
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