What the GOP is doing wrong
 

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

The GOP is desperate to avoid the Bush label?both broadly and in
specific terms of reclaiming the mantle of fiscal responsibility?but
their main economic policy proposal seems to be to ignite a deficit bomb
by extending Bush?s tax cuts, which are due to expire this year. Here?s
a political definition of chutzpah: Argue against $30 billion in
unemployment extensions in the name of fiscal discipline while pushing
for a tax cut extension that would cost $2 trillion over 10 years

2. Diving Back Onto the Third Rail

Rep. Paul Ryan favors privatizing social security.

Tax cuts aren?t the only economic idea recycled from the Bush years.
Remember the stupendously failed attempt to privatize Social Security?
Not only do the likes of Angle, Paul, and former half-term Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin embrace the idea, so does Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin
Republican who would become the chairman of the Budget Committee if the
GOP takes over the House. By the way, Northwestern Mutual, who would
benefit from privitizing SSI, was Ryan's top contributer.

3. Unhealthy Attraction to Repeal

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi smiles after signing the Senate Health
Reform bill on March 22, 2010 on Capitol Hill.

The Republicans are becoming not simply the ?party of no,? but the party
of repeal. We knew about their fixation on repealing healthcare reform.
Admittedly there is a certain political logic here. While the gap has
narrowed, voters still view the bill negatively. But the GOP would still
be hard pressed to explain why they want, for example, insurance
companies to be able to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions.

4. Party of Wall Street

They?ve also added the Wall Street reform bill, which Obama just signed
into law, to their repeal target list. This one is harder to figure. An
April ABC News/Washington Post poll showed two-thirds of Americans
support stricter financial regulation. Is the GOP really ready to
embrace its heritage as the party of Wall Street?

5. How About a Moratorium on Bad Ideas?

House Minority Leader John Boehner.

And for sheer goofiness, there was Rep. John Boehner?s call for a one-
year moratorium on all new federal regulations (excepting emergency
cases like the BP spill). That might appeal to big business, but a June
NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found majorities favoring more regulation
of Wall Street, big corporations, and healthcare companies.

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:24:49 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:




And for sheer goofiness, there was Rep. John Boehner?s call for a one-
year moratorium on all new federal regulations (excepting emergency
cases like the BP spill). That might appeal to big business, but a June
NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found majorities favoring more regulation
of Wall Street, big corporations, and healthcare companies.

the right wing response to rape is to deregulate rape

too much govt interference

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On 11/24/2011 10:24 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

The GOP is desperate to avoid the Bush label?both broadly and in
specific terms of reclaiming the mantle of fiscal responsibility?but
their main economic policy proposal seems to be to ignite a deficit bomb
by extending Bush?s tax cuts, which are due to expire this year. Here?s
a political definition of chutzpah: Argue against $30 billion in
unemployment extensions in the name of fiscal discipline while pushing
for a tax cut extension that would cost $2 trillion over 10 years

2. Diving Back Onto the Third Rail

Rep. Paul Ryan favors privatizing social security.

Tax cuts aren?t the only economic idea recycled from the Bush years.
Remember the stupendously failed attempt to privatize Social Security?
Not only do the likes of Angle, Paul, and former half-term Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin embrace the idea, so does Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin
Republican who would become the chairman of the Budget Committee if the
GOP takes over the House. By the way, Northwestern Mutual, who would
benefit from privitizing SSI, was Ryan's top contributer.

3. Unhealthy Attraction to Repeal

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi smiles after signing the Senate Health
Reform bill on March 22, 2010 on Capitol Hill.

The Republicans are becoming not simply the ?party of no,? but the party
of repeal. We knew about their fixation on repealing healthcare reform.
Admittedly there is a certain political logic here. While the gap has
narrowed, voters still view the bill negatively. But the GOP would still
be hard pressed to explain why they want, for example, insurance
companies to be able to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions.

4. Party of Wall Street

They?ve also added the Wall Street reform bill, which Obama just signed
into law, to their repeal target list. This one is harder to figure. An
April ABC News/Washington Post poll showed two-thirds of Americans
support stricter financial regulation. Is the GOP really ready to
embrace its heritage as the party of Wall Street?

5. How About a Moratorium on Bad Ideas?

House Minority Leader John Boehner.

And for sheer goofiness, there was Rep. John Boehner?s call for a one-
year moratorium on all new federal regulations (excepting emergency
cases like the BP spill). That might appeal to big business, but a June
NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found majorities favoring more regulation
of Wall Street, big corporations, and healthcare companies.
What are they doing right? Unemployed, over monitored, Americans and the
Republic want to know.

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On 11/24/2011 11:48 AM, Bob Cratchet wrote:
On 11/24/2011 10:24 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

What are they doing right? Unemployed, over monitored, Americans and the
Republic want to know.

Extrnding omamanomics for another term would likely cost the US taxpayer
$10 trillion over 2 years.
--
1-20-13 The end of an error

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On 11/24/2011 12:01 PM, Drifter wrote:
On 11/24/2011 11:48 AM, Bob Cratchet wrote:
On 11/24/2011 10:24 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

What are they doing right? Unemployed, over monitored, Americans and the
Republic want to know.

Extrnding omamanomics for another term would likely cost the US taxpayer
$10 trillion over 2 years.
Hey, you must be using my kebaord.

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On 11/24/2011 12:26 PM, Bob Cratchet wrote:
On 11/24/2011 12:01 PM, Drifter wrote:
On 11/24/2011 11:48 AM, Bob Cratchet wrote:
On 11/24/2011 10:24 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

What are they doing right? Unemployed, over monitored, Americans and the
Republic want to know.

Extrnding omamanomics for another term would likely cost the US taxpayer
$10 trillion over 2 years.
Hey, you must be using my kebaord.

Typos are the keyboards fault. Is that what you mean?

--
1-20-13 The end of an error

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:48:30 -0500, Bob Cratchet wrote:


What are they doing right? Unemployed, over monitored, Americans and the
Republic want to know.

fighting like hell to keep tax cuts for the wealthy. the're the only
ones who matter. the middle class is just so much economic cannon
fodder

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:01:47 -0500, Drifter wrote:

On 11/24/2011 11:48 AM, Bob Cratchet wrote:
On 11/24/2011 10:24 AM, iBoaterer wrote:

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

What are they doing right? Unemployed, over monitored, Americans and the
Republic want to know.

Extrnding omamanomics for another term would likely cost the US taxpayer
$10 trillion over 2 years.

not too bright are you? bush ran up his last deficit of 1.2 trillion

but he's white....

What the GOP is doing wrong
 

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:33:36 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:24:49 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

1. Bush-onomics Forever!

Extending Bush's tax cuts would cost $2 trillion over 10 years.

The GOP is desperate to avoid the Bush label?both broadly and in
specific terms of reclaiming the mantle of fiscal responsibility?but
their main economic policy proposal seems to be to ignite a deficit bomb
by extending Bush?s tax cuts, which are due to expire this year. Here?s
a political definition of chutzpah: Argue against $30 billion in
unemployment extensions in the name of fiscal discipline while pushing
for a tax cut extension that would cost $2 trillion over 10 years

The CBO says $3,7 Billion unless you have newer numbers.

Only 18% of that is the tax on the $250k+. ($700b)

The payroll tax cut is 2 1/2 times that.

they've gotta start paying sometime. the rest of us are tired of the
right wing socialism for the rich