Live Thread: Republican Presidential Debates on FBN 7 P.M. and 9 P.M. EST 11/10/2015

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | Kristinn

[JohnBovenmyer]

There is a link to Ted’s new plan embedded in his twitter feed, BUT that link isn’t loading for me.

[tenger]

Ahh, I found it. Ted Cruz's site is too messy.

I. FIVE FOR FREEDOM

Abolish the IRS, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A Cruz Administration will appoint heads of each of those agencies whose sole charge will be to wind them down and determine whether any programs need to be preserved.

1. Internal Revenue Services. end the political targeting, simplify the tax code, and abolish the IRS as we know it.
2. Department of Education. return education to those who know our students best: parents, teachers, local communities, and states. And block-grant education funding to the states.
3. Department of Energy. cut off the Washington Cartel, stop picking winners and losers, and unleash the energy renaissance.
4. Department of Commerce. close the “congressional cookie jar” and promote free-enterprise and free trade for every business.
5. Department of Housing and Urban Development. offer real solutions to lift people out of hardship, rather than trapping families in a cycle of poverty, and empower Americans by promoting the dignity of work and reforming programs such as Section 8 housing.

II. TWENTY-FIVE FEDERAL ABCs

Empower the people by reducing the alphabet soup of Agencies, Bureaus, Commissions, and other programs that prop up special interests, at the taxpayer’s expense. A Cruz Administration will identify all unnecessary programs – these 25 are merely a start:

Eliminate the following Agencies, Bureaus, Commissions, and programs:

1. Appalachian Regional Commission
2. Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative
3. Climate Research Funding for the Office of Research and Development
4. Climate Resilience Evaluation Awareness Tool
5. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
6. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
7. Corporation for Travel Promotion
8. Global Methane Initiative
9. Green Infrastructure Program
10. Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
11. Legal Services Corporation
12. National Endowment for the Arts
13. National Endowment for the Humanities
14. New Starts Transit Program
15. Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
16. Presidential Election Campaign Fund
17. Regulation of CO2 Emissions from Power Plants and all Sources
18. Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicles
19. Renewable Fuel Standard Federal Mandates
20. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
21. Sugar Subsidies
22. Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
23. UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
24. UN Population Fund
25. USDA Catfish Inspection Program

III. GRACE COMMISSION 2.0

Re-institute President Reagan’s Grace Commission to assess federal spending levels and evaluate areas of waste and fraud.

• Appoint private-sector leaders to serve on a commission that, as President Reagan described, will work like blood hounds to improve government efficiency.
• Under Ronald Reagans Administration, the Grace Commission report recommended 2,478 “cost-cutting, revenue-enhancing” suggestions, without raising taxes, weakening defense, or harming social welfare.
• As Chairman Grace recognized then, every dollar we can stop spending is a dollar that the government does not need to borrow. Never has that been more needed than today.

IV. CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Hold Congress accountable by enacting a strong Balanced Budget Amendment and requiring that a majority of members approve any major, cost-inducing regulation.

• Sign a Balanced Budget Amendment to start spending responsibly and save future generations from additional crippling debt.
• Sign the REINS Act to ensure that Congress approves of any regulation or rule that would have an impact of $100 million or more.

V. HIRING FREEZE AND REDUCTION

Reduce costs by instituting a hiring freeze and federal pay reforms.

• Put in place a hiring freeze of federal civilian employees across the executive branch.
• For those agencies in which it is determined that a vacant position needs to be filled, I will authorize the hiring of a maximum ratio of one person for every three who leave.
• Reduce the annual across-the-board adjustment for federal civilian pay so that rather than receiving automatic yearly raises, federal workers would have more opportunities for merit-based pay increases.

[Girlene]

LOL

[volunbeer]

Cut off the money - no more food stamps, housing or other benefits. Enforce everify. They will deport themselves.

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Yep. It’s so simple even a caveman can do it. Why this seems to be on par with travel to Mars for so many educated people is beyond me.

[JohnBovenmyer]

There is a link to Ted’s new plan embedded in his twitter feed, BUT that link isn’t loading for me.

[JohnBovenmyer]

There is a link to Ted’s new plan embedded in his twitter feed, BUT that link isn’t loading for me.

[Yaelle]

We need to do an experiment. Shoot up Carson with pure white heroin, then compare his next debate response to his last one in body language.

[Nextrush]

Good description of the field....

[Read Write Repeat]

Thank you. :)

[Jrabbit]

Trump explained that China is waiting to come in through the back door....sneakily as always....Rand is a loser

[EQAndyBuzz]

Carson playing it safe. Fiorina keeping it simple. Rubio too robotic. Kacish, why? Same with Paul. Bush is done. Said nothing tonight. Trump on point. Cruz on point. Both made mistakes that the media can pounce on. Next day will determine if they can survive the MSM onslaught.

[bigbob]

I’m with Carson...this “debate” is beyond boring. At least the idiots from CNBC kept me engaged, but this is just two hours worth of BS.

[Carry_Okie]

That's probably one of the most ridiculous posts I've ever seen on FR.

Pray tell, other than low skill workers comprised largely of the foreign born, what demographic comes even close in the golf course, hotel, and casino business?

I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That's why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. (The Art of the Deal, 1987) This plan of Trump's reeks of Kay Baily Hutchison's 2007 plan to deport illegals and then bring "the good ones" back in. That plan was rightly rejected as a closet amnesty. So tell us, just how many of those "good ones" is the Donald going to allow back in? See tag line.

[gwgn02]

Cruz or Lose!

[mylife]

Ben! 50 men against Putin Assad and ISIS?
Sucks to be commanded by you.

[azishot]

I guess they have to appeal to the democrats that might be watching. They worship “global warming”.

Why does Rubio talk so fast? (rhetorical question)

[JimSEA]

I was confused because he seemed to be talking about China in TPP.

[FreeAtlanta]

SNORE = Jeb Bush

low energy, all the way.

[Red Steel]

"hina is not part of TPP"..Trump gets an ‘ouch!’.

No ouch. China is the currency manipulator that US does trillions $ in business. Two different issues were being discussed.

[onyx]

How in the hell would Trump know?

He NEVER claimed to have read that monstrous 5,600 page TPP bill!


WORSE YET, none of those idiots who voted FOR IT, read it either!!!